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• The Little Probe That Could: Why Voyager 1 Matters, and Why NASA Just Switched Part of It Off - NPR

  1. The Little Probe That Could: Why Voyager 1 Matters, and Why NASA Just Switched Part of It Off  NPR
  2. NASA Shuts Off Instrument on Voyager 1 to Keep Spacecraft Operating  NASA Science (.gov)
  3. The complete story of Voyager's interstellar mission: how two spacecraft built in the 1970s are still rewriting what we know about the boundary between our solar system and everything else  Space Daily
  4. Nearly 50 years later, NASA still communicates with Voyager 1 probe  KTALnews.com
  5. The man behind Voyager marks 92nd trip around Sun  Tullahoma News

• Artemis 2 and Tiangong space station astronauts set record for farthest distance between humans - Space

  1. Artemis 2 and Tiangong space station astronauts set record for farthest distance between humans  Space
  2. Apollo v Artemis: How the Earth changed in 58 years  BBC
  3. Non-religious NASA astronaut 'broke down in tears' seeing cross after Artemis II mission  Christian Post
  4. The Artemis II astronauts take questions about their moon journey  CNN
  5. Lost in the View: Artemis II Astronauts Intimately Describe Time in Space  Military.com

• How to spot the Lyrid meteor shower that is peaking this week - PBS

  1. How to spot the Lyrid meteor shower that is peaking this week  PBS
  2. The Lyrid meteor shower is visible now and peaking soon. Here's how to spot it  Courthouse News
  3. The Lyrids are coming! How I watch meteor showers from the middle of a city  Space
  4. Don’t miss it: Rare meteor shower to bring 100-per-hour show next week  MassLive
  5. Astro Bob: April Lyrids bring a comet shower  Duluth News Tribune

• Largest-ever 3D map of the universe shows 47 million galaxies, from the Milky Way to 'cosmic noon' - Live Science

  Largest-ever 3D map of the universe shows 47 million galaxies, from the Milky Way to 'cosmic noon'  Live ScienceView Full Coverage on Google News

• Artemis II astronaut Christina Koch shares struggle of adapting to Earth after moon mission - 10tv.com

  1. Artemis II astronaut Christina Koch shares struggle of adapting to Earth after moon mission  10tv.com
  2. Christina Koch Says She's Recovering From Major Physical Change After Artemis II  Yahoo
  3. ‘Your hearts lifted ours’: NC State alum Christina Koch discusses impact of Artemis II moon mission  WRAL
  4. Christina Koch is first woman to journey around the moon  WNTZ-TV FOX 48
  5. "It Helped Me Turn Fear into Focus": How Climbing Prepared Christina Koch for the Moon  Outside Magazine

• A comet gets destroyed by the sun, data centers endanger the Potomac River, and more science news - Engadget

  1. A comet gets destroyed by the sun, data centers endanger the Potomac River, and more science news  Engadget
  2. NASA Heliophysics Spacecraft Witness Comet’s Demise  NASA Science (.gov)
  3. ☄️ Comet MAPS vanishes before astronomers' eyes  Techno-Science.net
  4. NASA Captures Comet Disintegrating Near Sun During Close Flyby  NDTV
  5. Shredded to cosmic dust: Stunning footage captures comet’s death plunge into the Sun — watch  The Times of India

• Vandenberg’s Next Mission: SpaceX Rocket Launch Now Sunday Morning - Noozhawk

  1. Vandenberg’s Next Mission: SpaceX Rocket Launch Now Sunday Morning  Noozhawk
  2. Sonic Booms Expected as SpaceX Targets Starlink Launch from Vandenberg This Weekend  edhat
  3. SpaceX to attempt 600th Falcon booster landing amid West Coast Starlink mission  Spaceflight Now
  4. Vandenberg rocket launch this weekend. Where to see SpaceX mission  Ventura County Star
  5. SpaceX launches two Starlink satellite groups 19 hours apart  Space

• Scientists Solve Mystery Of Why The Colorado River Disappeared From The Geological Record For 5 Million Years - IFLScience

  1. Scientists Solve Mystery Of Why The Colorado River Disappeared From The Geological Record For 5 Million Years  IFLScience
  2. Scientists decipher the geological history of the Grand Canyon  Reuters
  3. Colorado River may have pooled and spilled over to form the Grand Canyon, solving a long-standing mystery — but not everyone agrees  Live Science
  4. There’s a new theory about what helped form one of America’s grandest natural wonders  The Independent
  5. New research shows prehistoric lake contributed to the birth of the Grand Canyon  USGS (.gov)

• 'Tall waves moving in slow motion': Here's how oily oceans on Saturn's giant moon Titan may behave - Space

  1. 'Tall waves moving in slow motion': Here's how oily oceans on Saturn's giant moon Titan may behave  Space
  2. Waves hit different on other planets  MIT News
  3. Saturn’s largest moon could see 10-foot waves from a tiny breeze  Popular Science
  4. Scientists discover that Titan may have the best waves in the Solar System.  CPG Click Petróleo e Gás
  5. Gentle winds on Titan's lakes could trigger massive 10-foot waves, MIT study reveals  starlust.org

• Meet The Bird That Kills Cobras With A Kick To The Face — A Biologist Explains - Yahoo

  Meet The Bird That Kills Cobras With A Kick To The Face — A Biologist Explains  Yahoo

• Northern Lights Forecast: New York And More States Could See Aurora Tonight - Forbes

  1. Northern Lights Forecast: New York And More States Could See Aurora Tonight  Forbes
  2. You could see the Northern Lights across the night sky this weekend in parts of the US  FOX Weather
  3. Northern lights could be visible as far south as Illinois and Oregon tonight (April 17-18)  Space
  4. Nearly one-third of U.S. may see aurora borealis overnight  upi.com
  5. Northern Lights Forecast: 20 States May See Aurora Saturday Night  Yahoo News Canada

• After a Century of Mystery, Scientists Finally Discover the Cause of Blood Falls in Antarctica - Indian Defence Review

  After a Century of Mystery, Scientists Finally Discover the Cause of Blood Falls in Antarctica  Indian Defence Review

• You Are Not Prepared to Learn the Size of Neanderthal Infants - Futurism

  1. You Are Not Prepared to Learn the Size of Neanderthal Infants  Futurism
  2. Baby Neanderthals may have had a rapid growth spurt compared to modern babies  Phys.org
  3. Neanderthal Babies Were Apparently Built Different and Reached Toddler Size in Only Six Months  ZME Science
  4. Neanderthal infants were enormous compared with modern humans  New Scientist
  5. Neanderthal Newborns Were Absolute Units. Here’s Exactly How Big.  VICE

• NASA's Mars Rover Comes Across Formation That Looks Like the Scales of a Massive Cosmic Reptile - Futurism

  1. NASA's Mars Rover Comes Across Formation That Looks Like the Scales of a Massive Cosmic Reptile  Futurism
  2. Curiosity Blog, Sols 4859-4866: One Small Crater and Thousands of Polygons  NASA Science (.gov)
  3. NASA's rover finds rock formation resembling the scales of a massive cosmic reptile in Jezero crater.  CPG Click Petróleo e Gás
  4. NASA's Curiosity rover photographs polygonal reptile-scale rocks near Antofagasta crater  NewsBytes
  5. NASA's Latest Rover Images Reveal Possible Winged Insect and Predator Life Forms on Mars  Indian Defence Review

• Interstellar invader comet 3I/ATLAS made a startling transformation as it passed the sun - Space

  1. Interstellar invader comet 3I/ATLAS made a startling transformation as it passed the sun  Space
  2. Methane emerges from interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS as it exits the solar system  Phys.org
  3. A spacecraft saw comet 3I/ATLAS skim the Sun, and scientists say it could help save Earth from being hit by an asteroid  BBC Sky at Night Magazine
  4. Interstellar invader 3I/ATLAS is spraying tons of water into space every second. Jupiter-bound spacecraft JUICE discovers  Space
  5. Alien Comet 3I/ATLAS Is Blasting 70 Swimming Pools of Water into Space Every Day and Astronomers Are Stunned  ZME Science

• Comet Tracker: Monday Brings Best Chance To See A Comet And Meteors - Forbes

  1. Comet Tracker: Monday Brings Best Chance To See A Comet And Meteors  Forbes
  2. How to see once-in-a-lifetime Comet PanSTARRS tonight before it disappears for good  Space
  3. Nevadans' best chance to see PanSTARRS Comet could be tomorrow, April 17  Reno Gazette Journal
  4. PanSTARRS comet near Earth in April 2026. What to know about R3 visibility  USA Today
  5. Look up! Here’s how to see a once-in-a-lifetime comet in Florida  WKMG

• Scientists Claim Universe Has Seven Hidden Dimensions That Solve Black Holes’ Biggest Mystery - Yahoo

  Scientists Claim Universe Has Seven Hidden Dimensions That Solve Black Holes’ Biggest Mystery  YahooView Full Coverage on Google News

• Astronomers Discover Surprising Sympathetic Flares on Distant Stars - The Daily Galaxy

  Astronomers Discover Surprising Sympathetic Flares on Distant Stars  The Daily Galaxy

• Buried Beneath Sand for Centuries, Archaeologists Just Found a Perfectly Preserved 2,000-Year-Old Anchor in the North Sea - The Daily Galaxy

  Buried Beneath Sand for Centuries, Archaeologists Just Found a Perfectly Preserved 2,000-Year-Old Anchor in the North Sea  The Daily Galaxy

• NASA selects Falcon Heavy to launch ESA Mars rover mission despite budget threat - SpaceNews

  1. NASA selects Falcon Heavy to launch ESA Mars rover mission despite budget threat  SpaceNews
  2. NASA Begins Implementation for ESA’s Rosalind Franklin Mission to Mars  NASA Science (.gov)
  3. This life-hunting rover may be SpaceX's 1st-ever Mars launch  Space
  4. After a saga of broken promises, a European rover finally has a ride to Mars  Ars Technica
  5. NASA Signs $175M SpaceX Mars Deal That the White House Is Trying to Kill  Space Daily