Sunday, January 22, 2023

Weekend reads: ... slowing down?

Weekend reads: ... slowing down?

Here's what was happening elsewhere (some of these items may be paywalled, metered access, or require free registration to read):

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Publisher: Retraction Watch
Date: 2023-01-21T14:03:33 00:00
Twitter: @ivanoransky
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Pleasant Valley School District inducts new members into hall of fame

Pleasant Valley School District celebrated the achievements of its former students, star athletes and staff. The four individuals received their awards at a ceremony held on Jan. 13 during halftime at the boy's basketball game.

A graduate of Benton High School (class of 1983), he attended Bloomsburg University where he earned a bachelor's degree in science in secondary education with a concentration in earth and space science.

Publisher: Pocono Record
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Chinese astronauts send Spring Festival greetings from space station - SHINE News

The Shenzhou-15 astronauts Fei Junlong, Deng Qingming and Zhang Lu sent their Spring Festival greetings from China's Tiangong space station in a video released by the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) on New Year's Eve.

The trio, dressed in blue jumpsuits with dark red patterns, each held a sticker showing their own calligraphy. Two of the stickers were written with the Chinese character "fu", meaning good luck, and the other sending good luck wishes from Tiangong.

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Publisher: SHINE
Date: 2023-01-22 10:16
Twitter: @shanghaidaily
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Webb Space Telescope Reveals Dusty Leftovers of Planet Formation Like Never Seen Before

Not so very far away in cosmic terms, the dusty leftovers of planet formation surround the red dwarf star AU Mic. Caused by smash-ups of small, solid objects called planetesimals, these remnants encircle the small star in an enormous debris disk.

These coronagraphic images of a disk around the star AU Microscopii, captured by Webb's Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam), show compass arrows, scale bar, and color key for reference.
The north and east compass arrows show the orientation of the image on the sky.

Publisher: SciTechDaily
Date: 2023-01-18T05:18:05-08:00
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Scientists plan mission to carry out IVF in orbit as first step towards creating babies in space

A Dutch company, working with British scientists, has unveiled detailed plans to push back the boundaries of human endeavour by carrying out artificial insemination in an orbiting "bio-satellite" as part of a long-term mission to produce the first baby in space.

Spaceborn United, a company based in Eindhoven, has revealed its work on a project to establish how conception can take place in space by developing a device capable of conducting an automated IVF procedure in orbit and then allowing the resulting embryos to develop for five days before returning ...

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Publisher: inews.co.uk
Date: 2023-01-21T06:00:00 00:00
Author: Cahal Milmo
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Astronaut Buzz Aldrin marries longtime love on 93rd birthday - Las Vegas Sun Newspaper

Buzz Aldrin, former NASA astronaut and Apollo 11 pilot, adjusts his glasses as he arrives to testify on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, Feb.

LOS ANGELES — Astronaut Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin announced on Facebook that he has married his "longtime love" in a small ceremony in Los Angeles.

Publisher: Las Vegas Sun
Date: 2023-01-21T12:20
Twitter: @LasVegasSun
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Piece of Gemini history returns to Cape Canaveral after nearly 60 years – Orlando Sentinel

While SpaceX launches and recovers its rocket boosters on a regular basis, it has taken nearly 60 years for NASA's first-ever rocket stage to be recovered to make its way back to Florida.

A portion of the first-stage booster used during the Gemini-Titan 5 mission that launched astronauts Pete Conrad and Gordon Cooper into space on Aug. 21, 1965 was recovered at sea after it was found floating off the coast of Bermuda in the Atlantic Ocean.

Publisher: Orlando Sentinel
Date: 1675382400000
Twitter: @orlandosentinel
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Light pollution is erasing stars from the night sky at breakneck pace. | Space

Light pollution is brightening up the night sky so fast that stars are virtually disappearing in front of sky-watchers' eyes, a new study has revealed. 

Where 18 years ago, a star gazer would see on average 250 specks of light illuminating the darkness overhead. Today, only 100 would be visible, according to the study that relied on information from thousands of citizen scientists all over the world. 

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Publisher: Space.com
Date: 2023-01-19T19:03:18Z
Author: Tereza Pultarova
Twitter: @SPACEdotcom
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JAXA SEMINAR AND JAXA/JASWDC NEW YEAR’S (SHINNENKAI) RECEPTION, Jan 27, 2023, DC, 4:00-5:00, ...

On January 27, 2023, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) will hold a seminar from 4:00-5:00 pm ET and JAXA and the Japan-America Society of Washington, DC (JASWDC) will hold a New Year’s reception (Shinnenkai) from 5:00-7:00 pm ET at 1201 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Washington, DC.

When: 27 Jan 2023 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Location: 1201 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC 20004
JAXA is pleased to present its New Year seminar, featuring a keynote lecture on space science, as well as an overview of FY2023 budget and programs.

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