Quantum Teleportation

"Northwestern University engineers are the first to successfully demonstrate quantum teleportation over a fiber optic cable already carrying Internet traffic."

https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2024/12/first-demonstration-of-quantum-teleportation-over-busy-internet-cables/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

Anomaly Within Earth

"An interdisciplinary international research team has recently discovered that a massive anomaly deep within the Earth’s interior may be a remnant of the collision about 4.5 billion years ago that formed the moon."https://charmingscience.com/researchers-detected-traces-of-an-ancient-alien-world-beneath-earths-mantle/

James Webb Telescope

"NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope just solved a conundrum by proving a controversial finding made with the agency’s Hubble Space Telescope more than 20 years ago."

https://science.nasa.gov/missions/webb/nasas-webb-finds-planet-forming-disks-lived-longer-in-early-universe/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

Stellar

"Like a bear gorging itself on salmon before hibernating for the winter, or a much-needed nap after Christmas dinner, this black hole has overeaten to the point that it is lying dormant in its host galaxy."

https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/massive-black-hole-in-the-early-universe-spotted-taking-a-nap-after-overeating?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

Sagittarius A

"An international team of researchers has detected a binary star orbiting close to Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy."https://phys.org/news/2024-12-binary-star-galaxy-supermassive-black.html#google_vignette

Very Large Telescope

"For over 20 years, the Very Large Telescope (VLT) has been the European Southern Observatory's (ESO) leading astronomical instrument."

https://www.space.com/40736-very-large-telescope.html

Black Hole

"The first-ever photo of a black hole rocked the world in 2019, when the Event Horizon Telescope, or EHT, published an image of the supermassive black hole at the center of the galaxy M87, also known as Virgo A or NGC 4486, located in the constellation of Virgo."

https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/astrophysicists-capture-huge-gamma-ray-flare-supermassive-black-hole-m87?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

HD 84406

"Astronomers are known for their precision, but naming celestial objects isn’t exactly their forte. Take, for instance, HD 84406, the first star observed by the James Webb Space Telescope — not the most memorable name. Similarly, galaxy cluster MACS0416, recently imaged as a deep field by Webb, isn’t winning any awards for creativity."

https://scitechdaily.com/nasas-webb-telescope-captures-the-sombrero-galaxy-in-breathtaking-detail/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

Drone Sightings

"The hundreds of mysterious New Jersey drone sightings are sparking mounting demands for a more forceful federal response, calls that come as even more sightings are being reported in New York, Pennsylvania and Maryland."https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/drone-sightings-spread-new-jersey-officials-express-outrage-federal-re-rcna184107

Lookout Hill

"NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has crested the top of Jezero Crater’s rim at a location the science team calls “Lookout Hill” and rolling toward its first science stop after the monthslong climb."

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-perseverance-rover-reaches-top-of-jezero-crater-rim/?utm_source=iContact&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=1-nasajpl&utm_content=perseverance20241212

Cosmic Collision

"Collisions between heavy ions at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) create quark–gluon plasma, a hot and dense state of matter that is thought to have filled the Universe around one millionth of a second after the Big Bang."https://home.cern/news/news/physics/alice-finds-first-ever-evidence-antimatter-partner-hyperhelium-4?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

James Webb Telescope

"New observations from the James Webb Space Telescope suggest that a new feature in the universe—not a flaw in telescope measurements—may be behind the decadelong mystery of why the universe is expanding faster today than it did in its infancy billions of years ago."https://hub.jhu.edu/2024/12/09/webb-telescope-hubble-tension-universe-expansion/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

Artemis

"Through the Artemis campaign, NASA will land the next American astronauts and first international astronaut on the South Pole region of the Moon."https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-shares-orion-heat-shield-findings-updates-artemis-moon-missions/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

Andromeda Galaxy

"If you can spot the Andromeda Galaxy with your naked eyes, you can see something 14.7 billion billion miles away."

https://www.astronomy.com/astronomy-for-beginners/20-unusual-space-facts/

Mars

"Mars is called the Red Planet because of its red coloring, which comes from the large amount of iron oxide – known on Earth as rust – on the planet’s surface."

https://www.astronomy.com/astronomy-for-beginners/20-unusual-space-facts/

Milky Way

"A steady pulse of bright energy has been emanating from the outskirts of the Milky Way for the past 10 years, occurring every three hours and lasting for about a minute."https://gizmodo.com/mysterious-radio-signals-lead-astronomers-to-an-unlikely-cosmic-pair-2000530449?utm_source=gizmodo_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2024-12-01-pm

A Tiny Percentage Of The Energy Released By The Sun Reaches Earth

"We know that the Sun releases massive amounts of energy on a daily basis. Our world is warmed and kept alive by this energy, and we’re fairly close, so we must be receiving a lot, right? Not exactly. In fact, the total amount of energy the Earth receives from the Sun is just about one one-billionth of the total amount of energy the Sun generates. This is a teeny tiny fraction, and yet if we could harness it all we would be able to power the entire world many times over."https://www.highpointscientific.com/astronomy-hub/post/astronomy-101/10-astronomy-facts-every-stargazer-should-know