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For those unaware, Swift was actually the most successful and most cited NASA telescope ever if you look at the number of citations. Despite this it has no replacement so there was hope that a mission could boost it into higher orbit, but it appears this was unsuccessful :(

In July 2025, our Boeing 727-200 aircraft, G-Force One, sustained extensive damage while in the exclusive custody and control of a third-party maintenance facility during a routine scheduled maintenance check. The aircraft was fully operational and in airworthy condition when it was delivered to the facility.

i always see in movies and hear that if youre in space without a suit you instantly freeze but that just doesnt make any sense to me
like i can understand that over time you radiate heat away from your body into space but i mean wouldnt that take a while?
please explain

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will soon launch to unravel the mysteries of dark energy and dark matter.

Hey everyone,

I’ve been reading up on the recent James Webb Space Telescope discovery of the first strong quasi-star candidate (MoM-BH*-1). The physics behind a "black hole star" are absolutely mind-blowing.

Since deep-space catalog names are always just a jumble of letters, I wanted to propose an unofficial public nickname for it: The Enveloped Darkness (or alternatively, The Darkness Within).

Scientifically, it fits perfectly. A quasi-star isn't powered by normal fusion; it's a massive, blinding envelope of primordial gas wrapped around a rapidly feeding black hole. The brilliant exterior light literally envelopes a core of pure, devouring darkness. Thoughts?

Has everyone forgotten about LUVOIR?

I remember hearing about it years ago, around 2015–2016, while I was also hearing about JWST. I spent years waiting for JWST, and then finally watched the launch live on NASA’s YouTube channel in 2021.

Then I thought: Okay, JWST is finally up. Now LUVOIR is the next big one.

But then... nothing.

It's 2026 now and I realized I haven't heard anything about LUVOIR in years.

Turns out I wasn't waiting for a delayed LUVOIR launch.

LUVOIR basically evolved into the Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO)

I genuinely thought I'd eventually get to watch a giant telescope called LUVOIR launch after following it for a decade haha