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Astronomy News 12 September 2025 - 17 September 2025

Rare Meteor Shower, Auroras & Planetary Spectacles: Skywatch Alert (Sept 17–18, 2025)

Rare Meteor Shower, Auroras & Planetary Spectacles: Skywatch Alert (Sept 17–18, 2025)

Key Facts Below is your full skywatching guide for the nights of September 17–18, 2025, with details on each phenomenon and tips for viewing. Clear skies! Meteor Showers: Slow Shooting Stars of September Chi Cygnids – a Rare 5-Year Meteor Shower: The headline event is the chi Cygnid meteor shower, a newly confirmed minor shower that appears to produce enhanced…
17 September 2025
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Rocket Launch Frenzy, Solar Surprises & Space Race Showdowns: 48 Hours of Space News (Sept 16–17, 2025)

Rocket Launch Frenzy, Solar Surprises & Space Race Showdowns: 48 Hours of Space News (Sept 16–17, 2025)

Rapid-Fire Rocket Launches and Satellite Deployments SpaceX’s Starlink blitz: SpaceX continued its high-frequency launch campaign, highlighting how routine orbital deployment has become. On Wednesday, Sept. 17, a Falcon 9 rocket lifted 24 Starlink V2 Mini satellites into a polar low-Earth orbit from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California Spaceflightnow. Liftoff occurred at 8:43 am PDT (15:43 UTC), and about eight minutes later the veteran…
17 September 2025
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Baby Black Hole Booted Across Space: First-Ever Measurement of a Cosmic “Natal Kick”

Baby Black Hole Booted Across Space: First-Ever Measurement of a Cosmic “Natal Kick”

A Cosmic Kick: Newborn Black Hole Sent Careening Through Space On April 12, 2019, two black holes collided 2.4 billion light-years away – an event detected as gravitational-wave signal GW190412. What happened next was extraordinary: the newly merged black hole was launched across space by a “natal kick,” like a cosmic cannonball. Now in 2025, scientists have measured the speed…
16 September 2025
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The Universe Is Expanding Even Faster Than We Thought – New Study Sparks Cosmic ‘Crisis’

The Universe Is Expanding Even Faster Than We Thought – New Study Sparks Cosmic ‘Crisis’

A Surprise in the Stars: New Study Measures Faster Expansion Recent observations have delivered a startling message: the universe appears to be expanding even faster than our standard cosmological model predicts Phys. In a new high-precision study, a team led by Dan Scolnic of Duke University used the cosmic distance ladder method to measure how quickly space is stretching. They…
16 September 2025
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Skywatch Alert: Rare Meteor Shower, Auroras, and Planetary Spectacles on Sept 16–17, 2025

Skywatch Alert: Rare Meteor Shower, Auroras, and Planetary Spectacles on Sept 16–17, 2025

Key Sky Events (Sept 16–17, 2025) – At a Glance 1. Rare Chi Cygnid Meteor Shower Peaks (Sept 14–16) One of the most intriguing sky events this week is the Chi Cygnid meteor shower, an unusual, recently discovered meteor display. First noticed in 2015 by NASA astronomer Peter Jenniskens and colleagues, the Chi Cygnids have shown a pattern of increased…
16 September 2025
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Space Race Showdown, Mars Surprises & a New ‘Mini-Moon’ – Global Space News (Sept 15–16, 2025)

Space Race Showdown, Mars Surprises & a New ‘Mini-Moon’ – Global Space News (Sept 15–16, 2025)

Key Highlights Launches and Mission Updates China’s latest launch: On Sept. 16, China launched a test satellite for its planned satellite-internet network, using a Long March 2C rocket with a Yuanzheng-1S upper stage News. Liftoff from Jiuquan at 9:06 a.m. Beijing time was successful, inserting the tech demo satellite into orbit to advance China’s broadband megaconstellation plans. This marked the 595th flight of China’s…
16 September 2025
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From Black Hole ‘Stars’ to Miracle Eye Drops: Top Science News (Sept 14–15, 2025)

From Black Hole ‘Stars’ to Miracle Eye Drops: Top Science News (Sept 14–15, 2025)

Key Facts Health & Medicine Significant medical advances made headlines. An ophthalmology team in Buenos Aires introduced “special” eye drops that could make reading glasses obsolete for age-related farsightedness Sciencedaily. In trials on 766 adults with presbyopia, drops combining pilocarpine and diclofenac quickly sharpened near vision (gaining around 3 lines on a reading chart) and maintained improvements for up to…
15 September 2025
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This Weekend’s Sky Spectacle: Rare Meteor Outburst, Auroras Dance & Planets Align (Sept 15–16, 2025)

This Weekend’s Sky Spectacle: Rare Meteor Outburst, Auroras Dance & Planets Align (Sept 15–16, 2025)

Meteor Showers: Chi Cygnids Take Flight Skywatchers are buzzing about the Chi Cygnid meteor shower, a rare meteor display that appears to flare up about every five years. First noticed during a surprise outburst in 2015, the Chi Cygnids have shown heightened activity in 2010, 2015, 2020, and now 2025 Earthsky. Astronomers report that this modest shower has been “showing…
15 September 2025
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Skywatch Alert: Rare Meteors, Aurora Glow & Planetary Parade Light Up Sept 13–14, 2025

Skywatch Alert: Rare Meteors, Aurora Glow & Planetary Parade Light Up Sept 13–14, 2025

Meteor Watch: Chi Cygnids & September “Shooting Stars” If you’re scanning for meteors this weekend, temper your expectations – but a rare treat is on the menu. The Chi Cygnid meteor shower is peaking around the night of September 13–14. Unlike prolific showers (e.g. August’s Perseids), the Chi Cygnids are a mystery shower that flares up only every five years,…
13 September 2025
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Martian Life Clues, Hawking Vindication, and More – Science News Roundup (Sept 11–12, 2025)

Martian Life Clues, Hawking Vindication, and More – Science News Roundup (Sept 11–12, 2025)

Key Facts Space & Astronomy Possible life on Mars – “potential biosignatures”: NASA’s Perseverance rover has uncovered one of the most tantalizing clues yet that Mars may have hosted ancient life. Scientists reported that a sample of fine-grained, iron-rich mudstone rock from Jezero Crater contains minerals (including vivianite and greigite) that on Earth often form due to microbial activity Reuters.…
12 September 2025
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Stock Market Today

  • Amazon Shifts Strategy with Grocery Store Closures, Boosts Whole Foods Expansion
    January 27, 2026, 4:12 PM EST. Amazon announced it will close its Amazon Fresh and Amazon Go stores to focus on delivery services and expand its Whole Foods chain, which includes over 550 locations. The company plans to open 100 new Whole Foods stores, including more small-format Daily Shop outlets. CEO Andy Jassy highlighted the grocery business's growth to over $100 billion in gross merchandise sales, ranking Amazon among the top three U.S. grocers. Same-day delivery for perishables is a priority, with service covering more than 5,000 cities and expansion plans for 2026. Experts say Amazon is capitalizing on the shift to online grocery shopping, aiming for convenience and quality to boost customer retention. Amazon will report quarterly earnings on Feb. 5 after market close.
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