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05 Oct 2026
Nature alert for 01st October 2026
Nature Volume 658 Issue 8134 Volume 658 Issue 8134 This week Editorial AI-powered medical devices must be tested in real-world settings Tools that inform clinical decision-making require rigorous asse…
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05 Oct 2026
NASA's SpaceX Crew‑13 Arrives at Space Station
Email from NASA Plus: New episode of NASA+ original Planetary Defenders /// NASA Newsletter In this week’s newsletter, catch up on the latest updates from NASA’s SpaceX Crew‑13 mission, which launched…
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Reddit
05 Oct 2026
Milky Way captured from just outside Zion National Park
Captured from my iPhone on Wednesday (Sept-30). 30s exposure. You could easily see the haze with your naked eye. Really amazing to get to experience this. I’ve not seen this before - it’s crazy how mu…
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Reddit
05 Oct 2026
The Cygnus constellation and its dusty surroundings
The Cygnus constellation and its dusty surroundings. While hiking, I found these cool rocks with Cygnus on top. At 50mm this is a target with so many details, but I've taken it so many times over the…
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Reddit
05 Oct 2026
The Cygnus constellation and its dusty surroundings
submitted by /u/igneisnightscapes to r/space [comments]
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Reddit
05 Oct 2026
Rosette Nebula (Caldwell 49)
I captured this target about 9 months ago, and with all the advancements in PixInsight, RC Astro tools, and other scripts recently I decided to revisit processing some of my best data. After learning…
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Reddit
05 Oct 2026
Winding road under Orion Monte Terminillo, Italy
The sky was perfectly clear when I arrived, but as soon as we set up our equipment, the fog began to roll in. We spent hours photographing here and there, swallowed by the mist andsurrounded by horses…
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Reddit
05 Oct 2026
We may have found the first direct evidence of a ninth major planet in the Solar System | "if this pair of faint pinpricks does in fact represent a single, slow-moving object in our Solar System, we may have just got our first observational evidence of Planet 9"
submitted by /u/mepper to <a href="https:/
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Reddit
05 Oct 2026
Captures the Andromeda Galaxy with my iPhone in Yellowstone
My favorite star photo I’ve taken. Could not believe you can see the Andromeda Galaxy so clearly submitted by /u/hamil_car to r/space [comments]
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Reddit
05 Oct 2026
First Astrophotography Photos
This is my first time taking Astro Photos mince some super moon photos 10 years ago. I would love opinions and feedback on where I can improve. I used my Canon EOS R with a prime 50mm 1.8 shutter of 1…
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arXiv
05 Oct 2026
Inferring magnetic field strengths in high-redshift lensing galaxies from Faraday rotation measure observations
arXiv:2610.02328v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Observations of Faraday rotation in the lensing galaxy of CLASS B1152+199 at z = 0.439 suggest that efficient dynamo mechanisms had already amplified ga…
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arXiv
05 Oct 2026
Point spread function requirements for dark matter subhalo detection with the Habitable Worlds Observatory
arXiv:2610.02315v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Different theories of dark matter predict different populations and morphologies of galactic subhaloes below about $10^8M_{\odot}$. The planned angular…
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arXiv
05 Oct 2026
Towards robust simulations of the galactic dynamo: a cross-code comparison between Eulerian and Lagrangian schemes
arXiv:2610.02308v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Galactic magnetic fields are thought to be seeded by microscopic processes such as the Biermann battery and are primarily amplified to observed microgau…
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arXiv
05 Oct 2026
Optimizing spectral-matching component separation for measuring CMB B-mode polarization with a satellite mission
arXiv:2610.02301v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: The measurement of primordial CMB B-mode polarization is fundamentally limited by our ability to separate this faint signal from bright and complex Gala…
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arXiv
05 Oct 2026
Testing internal dynamics in neutron stars with radio pulsar timing
arXiv:2610.02291v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Rotational variations in pulsars reflect either internal angular momentum exchange via equal and opposite torques (stationary spin noise) or independent…
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arXiv
05 Oct 2026
Comment on: "The Preprint Evolution: The Rise of Unreviewed Drafts on arXiv and its Implications for Astronomy"
arXiv:2610.02273v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: I argue against the proposal of arXiv:2609.35787 to divide arXiv astrophysics submissions into two streams: peer-reviewed papers and pre-review discussi…
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arXiv
05 Oct 2026
Generation of UL-Axions by a Kerr Black Hole. Part III: The fate of its Axion Wind
arXiv:2610.02250v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: In two previous articles, we have explained how super-massive Kerr Black Holes in the nucleus of an active galaxy or quasar can generate a large amount…
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arXiv
05 Oct 2026
A Missing Latent, Not a Missing Simulator: Radius-Augmented Inference for Real JWST Retrieval
arXiv:2610.02245v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Amortized simulation-based inference (SBI), which is trained on radiative-transfer simulators, recovers exoplanet atmospheres accurately on synthetic Ja…
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Reddit
30 Aug 2026
The next total solar eclipse is 2 August 2027 and it's the longest one visible from land until 2114
Just over 6 minutes of totality near Luxor. Path crosses Spain, Gibraltar, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Somalia. Worth noting it's not the longest of the 21s…
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30 Aug 2026
Twenty year time-lapse of stars at the center of our galaxy, orbiting the massive black hole located there (Sagittarius A*).
submitted by /u/stanxv to r/space [comments]
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Reddit
30 Aug 2026
Scientists close to confirming first starless/failed galaxy ever discovered — named 'Cloud-9'
submitted by /u/ChiefLeef22 to r/space [comments]
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Reddit
30 Aug 2026
[MEGATHREAD] Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Launch
This is the official r/space live megathread for NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope mission - being launched today by a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Flori…
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Reddit
30 Aug 2026
What 5 months of untracked astrophotography looks like
NONE OF THESE WERE TRACKED. ALL CAPTURED MANUALLY WITH A SMALL F30070M TELESCOPE AND IPHONES. Started astrophotography about 5 months ago, and this is how far I've gotten so far. Almost everything her…
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Reddit
30 Aug 2026
NASA is about to launch a space telescope that could change how we see the universe
submitted by /u/IvyGold to r/space [comments]
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Reddit
30 Aug 2026
Today's Solar activity
Today's activity - lots of filaments, minimal proms Acuter 40 Touptek 678 m SW solar quest 70 percent of 10998 frames stacked Pipp, autostakkert Impgg - convolution, sharpening and curves PI : solar t…
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Reddit
30 Aug 2026
Successful deployment of Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, as it begins its 1-million-mile-journey to the second Earth-Sun Lagrange point
The telescope will travel to the second Sun-Earth Lagrange point, which is ~one million miles away and about four times farther from Earth than the Moon. At L2, the combined gravity of the Sun and Ear…
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Reddit
23 Aug 2026
Total Solar Eclipse over Sun Flowers
Composite image shows the progression of a total solar eclipse over San Millán de los Caballeros, Spain on, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026 Photo Credit: (NASA) submitted by /u/Aeromarine_eng to r/space [com…
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Reddit
23 Aug 2026
The eclipsed Sun, my girlfriend, and a 840mm lens
submitted by /u/tinmar_g to r/space [comments]
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Reddit
23 Aug 2026
Crescent Nebula
20 hours of integration total over 4 nights Scope zwo ff130 Sensor asi2600mm air duo Filters : astronomik 6nm HA and OIII Mount zwo am7 300 second exposures for both 8 hours HA and 12 hours OIII Bortl…
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Reddit
23 Aug 2026
The Helix Nebula
submitted by /u/ryan101 to r/Astronomy [comments]
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