This Week’s Sky at a Glance, June 5 – 14
Bright Venus and Jupiter pass through conjunction in twilight this week, while Mercury, Pollux, and Castor watch them from nearby.
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Astronomy & Space
Webb unveils young stars across every stage of formation
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Webb unveils young stars across every stage of formation
Astronomers Push Back Against Proposed U.S. Research Funding Changes
The Office of Management and Budget envisions diminishing peer review and international collaborations.
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Fighting Fire With Fire
In fire-prone ecosystems in Australia’s Northern Territory, prescribed burns are lit to minimize the severity of fires later in the season.
The Evolution of Star-Forming Gas in STARFORGE: From Clouds, to Cores, to Stars
arXiv:2604.06471v2 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: Star formation occurs within dense regions of giant molecular clouds (GMCs), however, exactly how gas collects and evolves to form individual…
Galaxy lensing rules out popular alternative to cold dark matter theory
arXiv:2511.07513v4 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: We present a measurement of the free-streaming length of dark matter (DM) and subhalo abundance around 28 quadruple image strong lenses using…
Cosmic rays confirm Einstein’s relativity holds at extreme energies
arXiv:2602.14720v3 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: Quantum gravity theories often modify spacetime symmetries. In particular, Lorentz invariance may be violated when approaching the Planck scale….
Northern Lights Could Dazzle U.S. Skies Thursday Night
Multiple coronal mass ejections (CMEs) could spark a significant auroral display over North America Thursday night.
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Tessera AI model offers accessible way to view Earth
A foundation model trained on Earth observation data from Copernicus Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 has been made widely available to researchers, it was announced at a computer industry conference this…
Black Hole Blasts Wind at Nearly One-Third the Speed of Light
A team led by York University researchers has discovered the fastest wind near a supermassive black hole ever found at ultraviolet wavelengths, driven by the disk of matter (quasar) surrounding the…