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Astronomy News 17 September 2025 - 21 September 2025

Space Race Heats Up: Major Launches, Moon Missions & Policy Showdowns (Sept. 19–20, 2025)

Space Race Heats Up: Major Launches, Moon Missions & Policy Showdowns (Sept. 19–20, 2025)

Key Facts Starlink Launch Extends SpaceX’s Record Year SpaceX continued its rapid launch cadence with yet another Starlink deployment on Sept. 19. After two days of bad weather delays, a Falcon 9 rocket roared off the pad at Vandenberg Space Force Base at 9:31 a.m. local time, carrying 24 Starlink V2 Mini satellites into polar orbit Spaceflightnow. This mission – dubbed Starlink 17-12 –…
20 September 2025
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‘God of Chaos’ Asteroid Apophis to Skim Earth in 2029 – Inside the Historic Flyby and the 3 Probes Racing to Study It

‘God of Chaos’ Asteroid Apophis to Skim Earth in 2029 – Inside the Historic Flyby and the 3 Probes Racing to Study It

Overview: Meet Asteroid Apophis, the “God of Chaos” 99942 Apophis is a near-Earth asteroid that shot to notoriety soon after its discovery in 2004. On June 19, 2004, astronomers Roy Tucker, David Tholen, and Fabrizio Bernardi at Kitt Peak Observatory first spotted this 340-meter space rock Nasa. Early orbit calculations startled scientists – there appeared to be a 2.7% chance…
20 September 2025
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Black Hole Feasts, AI for Teens & Climate Alarms: Science News Roundup (Sept 18–19, 2025)

Black Hole Feasts, AI for Teens & Climate Alarms: Science News Roundup (Sept 18–19, 2025)

Space & Astronomy Record-Breaking Black Hole Growth Astronomers have identified a “black hole on overdrive” in the early universe, feeding faster than theory predicted. The supermassive black hole — about a billion solar masses and observed 12.8 billion light-years away — is devouring matter at 2.4 times the Eddington limit (the usual maximum rate) Nasa Nasa. This quasar’s extreme X-ray…
19 September 2025
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Don’t Miss This Weekend’s Celestial Show: Moon & Venus Dawn Dance, Saturn at Peak Brightness, and Aurora Alerts

Don’t Miss This Weekend’s Celestial Show: Moon & Venus Dawn Dance, Saturn at Peak Brightness, and Aurora Alerts

In-Depth: This Weekend’s Celestial Highlights (Sept. 19–20, 2025) 1. A Dazzling Dawn Conjunction (Moon, Venus & Regulus) – Sept. 19 & 20 If you’re up early, look east before sunrise on Friday, Sept. 19. You’ll be rewarded with a gorgeous trio of celestial objects clustered together in the growing dawn light Earthsky. The crescent Moon, just 27 days old and…
19 September 2025
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Don’t Miss 2025’s Rare Triple Conjunction: Moon, Venus & Regulus Light Up Dawn Sky

Don’t Miss 2025’s Rare Triple Conjunction: Moon, Venus & Regulus Light Up Dawn Sky

A Rare Celestial Trio in Context Triple Conjunction is the term for an apparent meeting of three celestial bodies in close proximity in the sky. In astronomy, a conjunction means two or more objects share a similar line-of-sight or celestial longitude, appearing near each other from Earth’s perspective Nasa Livescience. When three objects rendezvous in this way, it becomes a…
18 September 2025
6,000 Alien Planets & a Healing Ozone Layer: Biggest Science News (Sept 17-18, 2025)

6,000 Alien Planets & a Healing Ozone Layer: Biggest Science News (Sept 17-18, 2025)

Key Facts Space Exploration: 6,000 New Worlds & Starship Progress In a milestone for astronomy, NASA confirmed the 6,000th exoplanet – planets orbiting other stars – in its records this week. The official tally of alien worlds crossed the 6k mark after only ~30 years of exoplanet hunting, reflecting an exponential discovery rate Space. “We’re entering the next great chapter…
18 September 2025
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Rare Interstellar Comet Racing Through Our Solar System Could Be the Oldest Ever Seen

Rare Interstellar Comet Racing Through Our Solar System Could Be the Oldest Ever Seen

A Mysterious Visitor from Beyond the Solar System Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS photographed under dark skies during a lunar eclipse, revealing an emerald-green coma surrounding its nucleus Space. This rare alien comet carries chemical clues from a distant star system. In September 2025, skywatchers in Namibia captured a stunning sight: a ghostly green comet drifting against the starry backdrop of space.…
17 September 2025
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Mysterious Comet SWAN R2: New Interstellar Visitor or Oort Cloud Wanderer?

Mysterious Comet SWAN R2: New Interstellar Visitor or Oort Cloud Wanderer?

Discovery of Comet C/2025 R2 (SWAN) Comet C/2025 R2 (SWAN) was spotted in early September 2025 in a rather unconventional way – by searching for faint glows in SOHO satellite images. The SOHO spacecraft’s SWAN instrument scans the entire sky in ultraviolet light, primarily to track solar wind interaction with hydrogen. Astrophotographers and amateur astronomers often comb through these SWAN…
17 September 2025
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  • PepsiCo Shares Rise Amid Lower P/E Ratio Compared to Industry
    January 27, 2026, 4:13 PM EST. PepsiCo Inc. (NASDAQ:PEP) shares climbed 1.70% to $148.34 in the latest session, marking a 2.90% gain over the past month but a 1.35% decline over the last year. The company's price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio stands at 27.73, significantly below the 69.14 average for the beverages industry, suggesting the stock may be undervalued or reflect lower growth expectations. The P/E ratio compares a stock's price to its earnings per share (EPS) and signals investor sentiment about future performance and dividends. However, analysts caution that P/E alone is insufficient for investment decisions and should be assessed alongside industry trends and broader financial data.
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