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http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2020/maxij1820/: Black Hole Outburst Caught on Video
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29 May 2020, 13:12 UTC
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2020/hubble-grabs-a-stellar-latte: Hubble Grabs a Stellar Latte
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29 May 2020, 11:30 UTC Far away in the Ursa Major constellation is a swirling galaxy that would not look out of place on a coffee made by a starry-eyed barista. NGC 3895 is a barred spiral galaxy that was first spotted by William Herschel in 1790 and was later observed by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.
d29c5e0b472329b1679d9a9ce87b5f03: Solar Orbiter to pass through the tails of Comet ATLAS
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29 May 2020, 10:00 UTC ESA’s Solar Orbiter will cross through the tails of Comet ATLAS during the next few days. Although the recently launched spacecraft was not due to be taking science data at this time, mission experts have worked to ensure that the four most relevant instruments will be switched on during the unique encounter.
http://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2020/in-planet-formation-its-location-location-location: In Planet Formation, It's Location, Location, Location
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29 May 2020, 08:20 UTC Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope are finding that planets have a tough time forming in the rough-and-tumble central region of the massive, crowded star cluster Westerlund 2. Located 20,000 light-years away, Westerlund 2 is a unique laboratory to study stellar evolutionary processes because it's relatively nearby, quite young, and contains a large stellar population.
https://blogs.nasa.gov/kennedy/?p=3535: NASA’s SpaceX Demo-2 Launch Rescheduled to Saturday Due to Weather
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27 May 2020, 21:04 UTC The SpaceX Falcon 9 and Crew Dragon spacecraft stand on Launch Complex 39A on May 27, 2020. Image credit: NASA TV NASA and SpaceX have scrubbed Wednesday’s launch attempt of the Demo-2 test flight to the International Space Station with astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley due to unfavorable weather conditions around Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
http://www.nasa.gov/press-release/goddard/2020/mars-electric-currents: MAVEN Maps Electric Currents around Mars that are Fundamental to Atmospheric Loss
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Direct link MAVEN Maps Electric Currents around Mars that are Fundamental to Atmospheric Loss

25 May 2020, 15:00 UTC Five years after NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft entered into orbit around Mars, data from the mission has led to the creation of a map of electric current systems in the Martian atmosphere.
87e743b046b577f88db46dbac7673b62: Galactic crash may have triggered Solar System formation
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25 May 2020, 13:06 UTC The Sagittarius dwarf galaxy has been orbiting the Milky Way for billions for years. As its orbit around the 10 000 more massive Milky Way gradually tightened, it started colliding with our galaxy's disc. The three known collisions between Sagittarius and the Milky Way have, according to a new study, triggered major star formation episodes, one of which may have given rise to the Solar System.
93e49206dd33fb62d2ca033c1b3cd13a: One billion stars and counting – the sky according to Gaia’s second data release
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25 May 2020, 12:00 UTC Launched in 2013, ESA’s Gaia satellite has been scanning the sky to measure the positions, distances and motions of more than one billion stars in our galaxy, the Milky Way. The goal of the mission is to create the most detailed galactic map ever made, in order to investigate the Milky Way’s past and future history like never before.
https://blogs.nasa.gov/kennedy/?p=3517: NASA’s SpaceX Demo-2 Astronauts Rehearse for Launch Day
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Direct link NASA’s SpaceX Demo-2 Astronauts Rehearse for Launch Day

23 May 2020, 22:37 UTC Today at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley participated in a countdown dress rehearsal of the launch day events. The crewmates are preparing to launch aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft on the company’s Falcon 9 rocket and fly to the International Space Station. Demo-2 will be the first crewed mission for the agency’s Commercial Crew Program.
http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2020/hubble-sees-stellar-glitter-in-a-cosmic-void: Hubble Sees Stellar Glitter in a Cosmic Void
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Direct link Hubble Sees Stellar Glitter in a Cosmic Void

22 May 2020, 11:40 UTC Unlike a spiral or elliptical galaxy, the galaxy KK 246 looks like glitter spilled across a black velvet sheet. KK 246, also known as ESO 461-036, is a dwarf irregular galaxy residing within the Local Void, a vast region of empty space. This lonely galaxy is the only one known for certain to reside in this enormous volume, along with 15 others that have been tentatively identified.

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