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"Zambia Under Pressure to Clean Up Shuttered Lead Mine Poisoning Town"
#Zambia #Environment
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Zambia Under Pressure to Clean Up Shuttered Lead Mine Poisoning Town

Multi-Viewpoint Observation of a Failed #Prominence #Eruption on the #Sun: https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.23084 -> Astronomers Uncover Why Some Solar Eruptions: https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/news/astronomers-uncover-why-some-solar-eruptions-die - new multi-telescope observations show why a powerful blast never became a true mass ejection.

Just out from Yale Medicine. This story on the work being undertaken by the Medical and Divinity schools to explore the intersection of #spirituality and #mentalhealth.

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It's #EarthDay! To mark the occasion, we share this piece by YDS ethics professor Ryan Darr written for our Reflections magazine, asking the question: What do we love too much to lose? https://

Real hot shit: #scratch

Theory of striped dynamic spectra of the #CrabPulsar high-frequency interpulse: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-plasma-physics/article/theory-of-striped-dynamic-spectra-of-the-crab-pulsar-highfrequency-interpulse/66FDEA9FA0464343A7EAA1E2EFF44A29 -> Study reveals cosmic tug-of-war behind the Crab Pulsar’s zebra stripes: https://news.ku.edu/news/article/study-reveals-cosmic-tug-of-war-behind-the-crab-pulsars-zebra-stripes

Tonight (Wed, March 18) at 6:30 pm (EDT) a public event on "Time's Second Arrow: Evolution, Order, and a New Law of Nature" by Bob Hazen and Mike Wong. ⚒️🧪 #mineralogy
Virtual registration at https://carnegiescie…

Time's Second Arrow
Join Carnegie Science researchers Robert M. Hazen and Michael L. Wong for a lively discussion about their proposed "second arrow of time"—a heretofore missing law of nature that explains how the marvelously complex constituents of our universe came to be.

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Nice report and overview.
#AI #Stanford

The 2026 AI Index Report | Stanford HAI

Bookmarked: Two New Interactive Maps | Ancient World Mapping Center #Geographie

"Even in Antarctica, Insects Are Eating Microplastics"
#Antarctica #Microplastics #Plastic #Plastics

Even in Antarctica, Insects Are Eating Microplastics

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If you just need a pretty figure from a dataset and not the full power of R, have a look at #gui

This group "The Library of Babel" is confronting the invasion of #genAI into everything we do, seems interesting:
"a nascent, international coalition of educators confronting and resisting the incursion of surveillance, automation and datafication into spaces of teaching, learning, research, and creative expression. "

A #MachineLearning Approach to #Meteor Classification: #AI Offers a New Way to Classify Meteors: https://lowell.edu/press-release-ai-offers-a-new-way-to-classify-meteors/

🐧 #science Using ankle bands on penguins for chemical surveillance.
https://www.ucdavis.edu/health/news/penguin-toxicologists-find-pfas-chemicals-r…

Penguin ‘Toxicologists’ Find PFAS Chemicals in Remote Patagonia
Penguins can serve as living monitors of their environment by using small, chemical-detecting leg bands, according to a study from UC Davis and SUNY-Buffalo.

California has plenty. So why do millions still struggle for food, water, and safety?
#california

Abundance | Basic Needs - Possibility Lab

Extreme Galaxy-scale Outflows Are Frequent among Luminous Early Quasars: #quasars shut down star formation in the early universe: https://news.arizona.edu/news/cosmic-blowtorches-how-quasars-shut-down-star-formation-early-universe

"Global News Coverage of Climate Change Falls for Fourth Straight Year"
#Climate #ClimateChange
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Global News Coverage of Climate Change Falls for Fourth Straight Year

der #KVK wird 30! 🥳
https://kvk.bibliothek.kit.edu/
zum geburtstag gibts eine kurze umfrage:

AI is improving all the time but don't be too worried about AGI, take for example this clockwatching benchmark.
Source: #AI

The Topkapi Scroll: Geometry and Ornament in Islamic Architecture
by Gülru Necipoğlu (1996, 384 pages, free PDF download)
https://www.getty.edu/publications/virtuallibrary/9780892363353.html

Neurons receive precisely tailored teaching signals as we learn (well, as mice learn) https://mcgovern.mit.edu/2026/02/25/neurons-learn/ "the brain can deliver neuron-specific feedback during learning";

Neurons receive precisely tailored teaching signals as we learn - MIT McGovern Institute
When we learn a new skill, the brain has to decide—cell by cell—what to change. New research from MIT suggests it can do that with surprising precision, sending targeted feedback to individual neurons so each one can adjust its activity in the right direction. The finding echoes a key idea from modern artificial intelligence. Many […]

Panel Study of the MAGA Movement https://sites.uw.edu/magastudy/ "a survey designed to assess the attitudes and behavior of the people who consider themselves part of the “Make America Great Again” movement, popularized by the Trump campaign in 2016."

Thanks to @… for organizing, @KIT_Karlsruhe@social.kit.edusocial.kit.edu for hosting, #DIN for valuable input, and #dmp4nfdi and nfdi4bioimage for interesting use case reports.

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"War Brings Black Rain to a Parched Iran"
#Iran #Environment
https://e360.yale.edu/digest/iran-war-

War Brings Black Rain to a Parched Iran

Scalar fields around black hole binaries in LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA: #GravitationalWaves emitted by colliding #BlackHoles may bear imprints of #DarkMatter, which physicists could detect with a new model.

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A second-generation star in a relic dwarf galaxy: #Star Discovered Inside Ancient Relic Dwarf Galaxy: https://noirlab.edu/public/news/noirlab2607/ - the star is the first unambiguous example of chemical enrichment by the first stars in the Universe within a primordial environment.

"A More Troubling Picture of Sea Level Rise Is Coming into View"
#Oceans #Environment
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A More Troubling Picture of Sea Level Rise Is Coming into View
Scientists have uncovered a "blind spot" in the research on rising seas, revealing that tens of millions of people thought safe from coastal flooding are at risk of inundation. Across much of the world, sea levels are higher than previously assumed and land is sinking faster.

🚨Special Lecture! 🚨 Origin and Evolution of Early Solar System Organic Materials! Dr. John Eiler, Caltech.
Monday, April 27, 5:45 p.m. Central time. Zoom option available!
In honor of mass spectrometry giant, A.O. Nier, who taught and researched at U #Minnesota for decades.

2026 A.O.C. Nier lecture
Dr. John Eiler, Robert P. Sharp Professor of Geology and Geochemistry, and Ted and Ginger Jenkins Leadership Chair of Geological and Planetary Sciences, CaltechExploring the organic chemistry of the early solar system using molecular isotopic structureAbstractOrganic chemistry is ubiquitous across all extraterrestrial environments — stellar envelopes, nebulae and protoplanetary disks, the diffuse interstellar medium (ISM) — and dominates the processing and delivery of volatiles to planetary…

Little Red Dots and Their Progenitors from Direct Collapse Black Holes: #LittleRedDots - New Clues from the Early Universe: https://tacc.utexas.edu/news/latest-news/2026/04/16/little-red-dots-new-clues-from-the-early-universe/ - TACC supercomputer simulations shed light on the mysterious origins of these enigmatic cosmic objects.

Find a foxographer on the Cornell.edu homepage today -- gotta do something about the off-brand shoes and facial expression! Unlike the other photogs (like the guy in the grey coat) I didn't take any pictures looking south down Ho Plaza because I didn't like the light
#cornell #dragonday

ASSESSING SCIENTIFIC PRODUCTIVITY OF NASA’S SPACE MISSIONS BY COST: #Missions Produce the Least Science: https://www.universetoday.com/articles/why-nasas-cheapest-missions-produce-the-least-science

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"Airborne Microplastics May Be Warming the Planet"
#Microplastics #Plastic #Plastics

Airborne Microplastics May Be Warming the Planet

Modeling Wind-Driven #Waves on Other Planets - Applications to Mars, Titan, and Exoplanets: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2025JE009490 -> Waves hit different on other planets: https://news.mit.edu/2026/waves-hit-different-on-other-planets-0416 - from lazy ripples to towering breakers, waves should vary widely from one planet to another, according to a new model.

A jet bent by a stellar wind in the #BlackHole X-ray binary Cygnus X-1: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-026-02828-3 -> ‘Dancing jets’ from black hole reveal their immense power: https://www.curtin.edu.au/news/media-release/dancing-jets-from-black-hole-reveal-their-immense-power/

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A Merger within a Merger - Chandra Pinpoints the Short #GRB230906A in a Peculiar Environment: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ae2a2f -> NASA Discovers Crash of Extreme Stars in Unexpected Site: https://chandra.si.edu/press/26_releases/press_031026.html / https://chandra.cfa.harvard.edu/photo/2026/nsmerger/ -> How the Most Energetic Explosions in the Universe Are Formed: https://chandra.cfa.harvard.edu/blog/node/951

X-ray Evolution of Young Stars - Early Dimming and Coronal Softening in Solar-Mass Stars with Implications for Planetary Atmospheres: #YoungStars Dim in X-rays Surprisingly Quickly: https://chandra.si.edu/press/26_releases/press_041426.html and https://chandra.cfa.harvard.edu/photo/2026/dimming/

"Species Slowdown: Is Nature’s Ability to Self-Repair Stalling?"
#Nature #Environment
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Species Slowdown: Is Nature’s Ability to Self-Repair Stalling?
When scientists recently analyzed hundreds of studies of ecosystems, they were surprised to see a marked slowing in the rate of species turnover. If new species don’t replace old ones, they say, ecosystems may have less flexibility to respond to habitat loss and climate change.

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Direct collapse black hole candidates from decaying dark matter: #SupermassiveBlackHoles: https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2026/04/15/dark-matter-could-explain-earliest-supermassive-black-holes - dark matter decays could be the missing ingredient explaining how giant black holes formed before the first stars.

Hints of Primordial Magnetic Fields at Recombination and Implications for the Hubble Tension: #HubbleTension and other cosmic mysteries: https://www6.slac.stanford.edu/news/2026-03-13-primordial-magnetic-fields-could-resolve-hubble-tension-and-other-cosmic-mysteries - an international team of researchers simulated magnetic forces in the early universe and found they could bridge the gap between the observed and calculated rates of the universe’s expansion.

Exploring the Interior Structure of (16) Psyche Through Basin-Scale Collisions: #Psyche: https://news.arizona.edu/news/large-craters-offer-clues-origin-asteroid-16-psyche

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"How the Next El Niño Could Lock in a Hotter Climate"
#ElNino #Climate #ClimateChange

How the Next El Niño Could Lock in a Hotter Climate

A Galactic Transformation - Understanding the SMC’s Structural and Kinematic Disequilibrium: #SmallMagellanicCloud

#DESI Completes Planned 3D Map of the Universe and Continues Exploring: https://noirlab.edu/public/news/noirlab2610/ and https://newscenter.lbl.gov/2026/04/15/desi-completes-planned-3d-map-of-the-universe-and-continues-exploring/ - the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument, one of the most extensive surveys of the cosmos ever conducted, finished all observations for its originally planned 3D map of the Universe.

"Even a Few Scattered Trees on Farmland Can Be a Boon for Wildlife"
#Trees #Environment #Nature

Even a Few Scattered Trees on Farmland Can Be a Boon for Wildlife

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Before and after pictures of the rocket test 100 years ago today, from the fantastic #Goddard collection at https://commons.clarku.edu/goddardlaunch/ - articles about the historical event and its context also at https://www.collectspace.com/news/news-031626a-robert-goddard-liquid-fuel-rocket-centennial-where-nell.html (small parts of the hardware may have survived after all), https://aerospaceamerica.aiaa.org/goddardcentennial-origins/ -> https://aerospaceamerica.aiaa.org/goddardcentennial-space-craze/ -> https://aerospaceamerica.aiaa.org/goddardcentennial-legacy/ and https://www.space.com/space-exploration/2-seconds-that-changed-the-world-the-1st-liquid-fueled-rocket-launched-100-years-ago-today

#TidalDisruptionEvents with SPH-EXA - Resolving the Return of the Stream: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ae4748 -> How Black Holes Light Up the Dark: https://artsandsciences.syracuse.edu/physics/news/how-black-holes-light-up-the-dark/ - new hydrodynamical simulations explain how tidally destroyed stars reveal hidden supermassive black holes and why no two of these cosmic collisions look the same.

"Warmer Waters Bring Great White Sharks to Southern California"
#US #USA #America #California

Warmer Waters Bring Great White Sharks to Southern California

Carbon Cycle Imbalances on Arid Terrestrial Planets with Implications for #Venus: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/PSJ/ae4faa -> Planets need more water to support life than scientists previously thought: https://www.washington.edu/news/2026/04/15/planets-need-more-water-to-support-life/

"In a First for the U.S., Renewables Generate More Power Than Natural Gas"
#US #USA #America #Energy

For the First Time in the U.S., Renewables Generate More Power Than Natural Gas

Uncovering the rapidly evolving orbits of the dynamic TOI-201 system: #exoplanets

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"As It Boosts Renewables, China Still Can’t Break Its Coal Addiction"
#China #Renewables #Energy

As It Boosts Renewables, China Still Can't Break Its Coal Addiction
Despite being a renewables superpower, China continues to permit and build new coal-fired power plants at a rapid pace. Analysts say the nation’s new five-year plan will ensure further coal plant expansion and jeopardize China’s ability to deliver on its climate promises.

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Direct Very Long Baseline Interferometry Detection of #Interstellar Turbulence Imprint on a Quasar - TXS 2005 403: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ae60f4 -> Astronomers Directly Detect How Turbulence Between Stars Distorts Light: https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/news/astronomers-directly-detect-how-turbulence-between-stars-distorts-light

"Warming Raises the Risk That Multiple Wildfires Strike at Once"
#Wildfires #Climate #ClimateChange

Warming Raises the Risk That Multiple Wildfires Strike at Once

Large-scale Structure in COSMOS-Web - Tracing Galaxy Evolution in the #CosmicWeb up to z ∼ 7 with the Largest JWST Survey: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ae5bac -> Astronomers produce most detailed map of the cosmic web: https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2026/05/11/astronomers-produce-most-detailed-map-cosmic-web

NSF #GreenBankTelescope Gets Critical Makeover: https://public.nrao.edu/news/painting-the-giant-nsf-green-bank-telescope-gets-critical-makeover/ - repainting of telescope feed arm marks a major milestone in a multi-year project to protect the world’s largest fully steerable radio telescope.

Powering Ganymede’s dynamo with protracted core formation: #Ganymede Might Still Be Forming Its Metal Core Today: https://www.caltech.edu/about/news/ganymede-might-still-be-forming-its-metal-core-today

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"In Mexican Forests, Monarch Butterflies Halt Their Decline"
#Mexico #Butterflies #Insects

In Mexican Forests, Monarch Butterflies Halt Their Decline

TIME Commissioning Observations - Mapping Dust and Molecular Gas in the Sgr A Molecular Cloud Complex at the Galactic Center: #galaxies: https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2026/05/new-instrument-will-map-formation-early-galaxies

"A High-Stakes Lawsuit Against a French Oil Giant Is Closely Watched in Africa"
#Africa #FossilFuels
https://

A High-Stakes Lawsuit Against a French Oil Giant Is Closely Watched in Africa

Gaia-GIC-1 - An Evolving Catastrophic #Planetesimal Collision Candidate: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ae3ddc -> UW astronomers collect rare evidence of two planets colliding: https://www.washington.edu/news/2026/03/11/uw-astronomers-spot-planet-collision-evidence/

So the new #Kreutz #comet #MAPS is *still* following the constant rapid rise in brightness it has shown since discovery: a dumb extrapolation - https://cobs.si/analysis/?comet=2688&from_date=2026-01-15 00:00&to_date=2026-04-30 00:00&observation_type=V&observation_type=C&plot_x_value=1&plot_y_value=1&fit_option=1&exclude_faint=on&exclude_issue=on&observer=&association=&country=&compare_values=compare - has it get 10,000-times brighter than the Sun at its extremely close perihelion which makes so sense at all, of course, physically.
"It must therefore be assumed that this increase in activity will level off significantly in the near future," writes https://fg-kometen.vdsastro.de/koj_2026/c2026a1/26a1eaus.htm: "More likely are parameters m m0=12.0 mag / n=4 (or even lower), which would still result in a (very short-term) maximum brightness of about –9 mag (but this would probably still be significantly too bright) – always assuming that the comet survives its perihelion passage unscathed."
For other views see http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/iau/cbet/005600/CBET005663.txt and https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.17626 and https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10236580364221799 and https://cometografia.es/cometa-kreutz-2026-a1-maps-analisis/ - and the actual brightness is tracked at https://cobs.si/obs_list?id=2688 where it has reached ~11.5 mag. now.

Lense-Thirring precessing magnetar engine drives a superluminous supernova: #magnetar, confirming link to some of universe’s brightest exploding stars: https://news.berkeley.edu/2026/03/11/astronomers-capture-birth-of-a-magnetar-confirming-link-to-some-of-universes-brightest-exploding-stars/

An HST Wide-field Survey of the #GalacticBulge - Overview, Strategy, and First Results: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ae53e8 -> Hubble Survey Sets Up Roman’s Future Look Near Milky Way’s Center: https://www.stsci.edu/contents/news-releases/2026/news-2026-201

Short-term survival of #tardigrades (Ramazzottius cf. varieornatus and Hypsibius exemplaris) in #martian #regolith simulants (MGS-1 and OUCM-1): https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/international-journal-of-astrobiology/article/shortterm-survival-of-tardigrades-ramazzottius-cf-varieornatus-and-hypsibius-exemplaris-in-martian-regolith-simulants-mgs1-and-oucm1/8A91986096FB533FB264DD056F549DF2 -> ‘Water bears’ reveal potential for adapting, protecting Martian resources: https://www.psu.edu/news/research/story/water-bears-reveal-potential-adapting-protecting-martian-resources - microscopic tardigrades help inform how simulated Martian soil might support plant life and mitigate contaminants shedding from human explorers, researchers report -> Scientists Finally Found Something Tardigrades Can’t Survive: https://gizmodo.com/scientists-finally-found-something-tardigrades-cant-survive-2000728358 - tardigrades are practically invincible on Earth, so scientists looked to outer space in search of their kryptonite.

The Local Distance Network - A community consensus report on the measurement of the #HubbleConstant at ∼1% precision: https://www.aanda.org/component/article?access=doi&doi=10.1051/0004-6361/202557993 - the result is 73.5 /-0.8 (essentially 74, as I've said for years :-) km/s/Mpc, in huge tension with the CMBR -> A community-built distance network sharpens the Hubble constant and broadens the evidence behind the “Hubble tension” / The Local Universe’s Expansion Rate Is Clearer Than Ever, but Still Doesn’t Add Up: https://www.issibern.ch/hubble-constant-press-release/ / https://noirlab.edu/public/news/noirlab2611/?lang

The privately funded large space telescope #Lazuli now has a company (SSTL) that will build the spacecraft bus and a university (UofA) building two of its three instruments: https://www.sstl.co.uk/media-hub/latest-news/2026/sstl-joins-the-eric-and-wendy-schmidt-observatory-system’s-lazuli and https://news.arizona.edu/news/u-build-instruments-new-space-telescope

Neural posterior estimation of the neutrino direction in #IceCube using transformer-encoded normalizing flows on the sphere: https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.19846 -> New machine-learning method improves IceCube’s estimation of neutrino direction: https://icecube.wisc.edu/news/research/2026/05/new-machine-learning-method-improves-icecubes-estimation-of-neutrino-direction/

The Drivers of the Decline in Supermassive Black Hole Growth at z < 2: #BlackHoles Hit the Brakes on Growth: https://chandra.si.edu/press/26_releases/press_032426.html / https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2026/bhgrowth/ -> Chandra Explains Why Black Hole Growth Slowed Since Cosmic Noon: https://chandra.si.edu/blog/node/954

A nearly pristine #star from the Large Magellanic Cloud: https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.21643 -> A class of undergraduate students at University of Chicago has used data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) to discover one of the oldest stars in the universe, a star that formed in a companion galaxy and migrated to the Milky Way: https://www.sdss.org/ancient-immigrant/ and https://carnegiescience.edu/found-most-pristine-star-universe

A Stellar magnesium to silicon ratio in the atmosphere of an exoplanet: #Exoplanets and Their Host Stars: https://noirlab.edu/public/news/noirlab2609/ - new observations provide the first direct evidence that exoplanets inherit rocky-element ratios from their host stars.

GEMS JWST - Transmission Spectroscopy of TOI-5205b Reveals Significant Stellar Contamination and a Metal-poor Atmosphere: #planet orbits small star: https://carnegiescience.edu/how-did-get-made-giant-planet-orbits-small-star

Only a few regions on our planet - just west and east and especially inside of the dark zone in this NASA map which is mostly the Pacific Ocean - will have a good view of the full totality from 11:04 to 12:03 UTC of the #LunarEclipse today, but there will be webcasts galore to try out:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TywJ47LZ-Ic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNZCZcS45jg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeOlqcK5Edg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOgOLKgNyLo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtL3BA94t5g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJUW0Kx4Eg0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQLcLAfilkQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2-_LYVuIEE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xl9UAUiqNKM
Also https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10164029689080320 = a graphic, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cd1R8rrAMzw = an animation, https://groups.io/g/mpml/message/41436 = satellites near the dark Moon, https://www.eclipsewise.com/lunar/LEprime/2001-2100/LE2026Mar03Tprime.html and https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/moon/march-2026-total-lunar-eclipse-your-questions-answered/ and https://solarsteam.siu.edu/3march2026_tle/ and https://www.timeanddate.com/live/eclipse-lunar-2026-march-3 and https://news.siu.edu/2026/02/022426-siu-to-host-viewing-party-for-march-3-total-lunar-eclipse.php and https://www.perthobservatory.com.au/astronomy-events/2026-total-lunar-eclipse = websites, https://scicomm.xyz/@AkaSci@fosstodon.org/116156904320261558 = a thread, https://www.space.com/news/live/total-lunar-eclipse-blood-moon-march-3-2026-live-updates = updates, and https://gizmodo.com/the-march-3-total-lunar-eclipse-sounds-amazing-but-theres-a-catch-2000726548 and https://www.geekwire.com/2026/total-lunar-eclipse-visibility-weather/ and https://www.astronomy.com/observing/how-to-watch-the-lunar-eclipse-online/ and https://www.space.com/stargazing/lunar-eclipses/watch-the-blood-moon-total-lunar-eclipse-on-march-3-with-these-free-livestreams = articles.

As reported in http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/iau/cbet/005600/CBET005664.txt the main belt #asteroid (44) #Nysa is showing "an unusual, highly concave, possibly bilobate, shape" in #LBT images - and https://groups.io/g/mpml/message/41424 now adds that the observer describes the object on the so far unpublished pictures as a "freaky little space guy" ...

The X-Ray Dot - Exotic Dust or a Late-stage #LittleRedDot? https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ae4c88 -> NASA Connects Little Red Dots With Chandra, Webb: https://chandra.cfa.harvard.edu/press/26_releases/press_042826.html / https://science.nasa.gov/missions/chandra/nasa-connects-little-red-dots-with-chandra-webb/ / https://chandra.cfa.harvard.edu/photo/2026/xraydot/

The #ArtemisII mission has quite an impact on ... the operation of the James Webb Space Telescope as #JWST operations plan currently assumes roughly a quarter of the usual #DeepSpaceNetwork (DSN) access will be available, which has a direct impact on the number of science visits that can be executed and the volume of data that can be downlinked."

NSF Green Bank Observatory Shares Images, Data From #ArtemisII Mission: https://public.nrao.edu/news/there-are-4-people-in-those-pixels-nsf-green-bank-observatory-shares-images-data-from-artemis-ii-mission/ - radar signals received by world’s largest fully steerable radio telescope tracked spacecraft with NASA’s communications network for historic lunar test flight.

Evidence of Recent Material Transport within a Binary Asteroid System: #DART Mission Data Reveals that Asteroids Throw ‘Cosmic Snowballs’ at Each Other: https://cmns.umd.edu/news-events/news/jessica-sunshine-tony-farnham-new-nasa-dart-mission-data-reveals-asteroids-throw-cosmic-snowballs - astronomers found evidence that rocks continuously travel between Didymos and its smaller moon Dimorphos, reshaping our understanding of how near-Earth asteroids evolve over time.

CH3OH and HCN in Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Mapped with the ALMA Atacama Compact Array - Distinct Outgassing Behaviors and a Remarkably High CH3OH/HCN Production Rate Ratio: #3IATLAS: https://public.nrao.edu/news/alma-detects-extremely-abundant-alcohol-in-interstellar-comet-3i-atlas/ - astronomers capture a chemical snapshot of planet formation beyond our solar system.

JWST Unveils a High Mean Molecular Weight Atmosphere for Mini-Neptune TOI-1130 b - Evidence for Formation Beyond the Water Ice Line: #minineptune companion suggest both planets formed surprisingly far away from their host star.

Constraining properties of dust formed in #WolfRayet binary WR 112 using mid-infrared and millimeter observations: #dust grains emanating from a massive #BinaryStar system: https://public.nrao.edu/news/a-quintillion-to-one-giant-stars-tiny-dust/

GWTC-4.0 - an Introduction to Version 4.0 of the #GravitationalWave Transient Catalog: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ae0c06 -> The latest crop of space-time wobbles includes a variety of heavy, fast-spinning, and lopsided colliding black holes: https://physics.mit.edu/news/new-catalog-more-than-doubles-the-number-of-gravitational-wave-detections-made-by-ligo-virgo-and-kagra-observatories/ / New catalog of LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA observations published: https://www.aei.mpg.de/1415736/new-catalog-of-ligo-virgo-kagra-observations-published - the latest catalog, GWTC-4, includes 128 new candidates from the fourth observing run, more than doubling the previous total.

The Stochastic Siren - Astrophysical Gravitational-Wave Background Measurements of the #HubbleConstant: https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.01997 -> Illinois and UChicago physicists develop a new method to measure the expansion rate of the universe: https://physics.illinois.edu/news/Hubble-tension-expansion-rate-of-universe

A massive and evolved slow-rotating #galaxy in the early Universe: https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.10987 -> Non-Rotating Early Galaxy Is a Surprise to Astronomers: https://www.ucdavis.edu/news/non-rotating-early-galaxy-surprise-astronomers

Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vent and Impact-Generated Hydrothermal Vent Systems - Insights into the Origin of Life: #Life on Earth? Vents generated from the impacts of space rocks may have enabled suitable environments for the first living cells: https://www.rutgers.edu/news/did-impacts-meteors-help-start-life-earth

Detection of 27 candidate #circumbinary planets through apsidal precession of eclipsing binaries observed by TESS: https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/548/3/stag515/8524019?login=false -> New Star Wars-like planet candidates with two suns discovered / For NASA’s TESS, Stellar Eclipses Shed Light on Possible New Worlds: https://news.unsw.edu.au/en/almost-30-real-life-tatooine-planet-candidates-discovered / https://science.nasa.gov/missions/tess/for-nasas-tess-stellar-eclipses-shed-light-on-possible-new-worlds/

Ubiquitous High-frequency Waves and Disturbances in the Active Region Corona Observed with Cryo-NIRSP: #CORONA STAYS SO HOT AND HOW THE SOLAR WIND IS LAUNCHED INTO SPACE.

Bundle adjustment of Hayabusa2's ONC images and controlled color mosaic map of #Ryugu: https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.12554 <- https://dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtml?persistentId=doi:10.7910/DVN/WW3IH0