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	Science Daily update ⋅ January 9, 2022
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	Space.com James Webb Space Telescope, the biggest ever built, fully unfolds giant mirror to gaze at the cosmos Space.com The $10 billion NASA observatory unfolded the second "wing" of its massive primary mirror today (Jan. 8), bringing the light-collecting structure up to its full size and marking the end of the mission's long, risky and ultra-complex deployment phase. Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times The James Webb Space Telescope Finishes Unfolding: How to Watch The New York Times Unfolding the mirrors is a crucial milestone along the way to using the telescope for scientific studies of the Big Bang, exoplanets, black holes and our solar system. Once it is complete, NASA considers the telescope "fully deployed." ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNN Google pays tribute to late scientist Stephen Hawking on his 80th birthday CNN "From colliding black holes to the Big Bang, his theories on the origins and mechanics of the universe revolutionized modern physics while his best-selling books made the field widely accessible to millions of readers worldwide. Flag as irrelevant
	Space.com Kazakhstan unrest not affecting Baikonur Cosmodrome spaceport, Russia says Space.com The current chaos in Kazakhstan isn't seriously impacting the famous spaceport in the nation, Russian officials say. Spiking fuel prices spurred a wave of protests recently across Kazakhstan, an autocratic Central Asian ... Flag as irrelevant
	Space.com Google Doodle celebrates the life of cosmologist Stephen Hawking for his 80th birthday Space.com The pioneering work of physicist Stephen Hawking is honored in a Google Doodle today (Jan. 8), including a video with Hawking's quotes concerning everything from cosmology to disability. On what would have been Hawking's 80th birthday, the cosmologist ... Flag as irrelevant
	USA TODAY When the trees where these ants live were damaged, they made some DIY home repairs USA TODAY Now, some ants in Panama have exhibited never-before-seen extraordinary behavior: They repaired holes in the trees they inhabit. Researchers already knew the Azteca ants had a symbiotic relationship with the Cecropia ( ... Flag as irrelevant
	Business Insider Hyped up 'moon cube' discovered by Chinese rover turns out to be a rabbit-shaped rock Business Insider China's Yutu-2 rover, on the far side of the moon, spotted a distant cube-shaped object last month. China's space agency dubbed the object "mysterious hut." Others called it "moon cube." The rover got closer and snapped a better photo, revealing the ... Flag as irrelevant
	Mashable Amazed scientists watched a giant star explode for the first time Mashable Until recently, astronomers had never directly witnessed a massive, aging star explode. But in 2020, astronomers atop Maui used a powerful telescope to detect an unusually active red supergiant, much more distant than Betelgeuse (at some 120 million light- ... Flag as irrelevant
	Daily Beast The Universe's Oldest Galaxies Hold Its Biggest Secrets Daily Beast After 25 years of development costing nearly $10 billion, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope finally launched on Christmas Day. Assuming there are no hiccups and the six-ton telescope is able to fully deploy its instruments in the next 5.5 months, ... Flag as irrelevant
	CNET Scientists watch enormous star violently explode after ominous goodbye CNET An artist's representation of a red supergiant exploding. W.M. Keck Observatory/Adam Makarenko. For years, experts thought the biggest stars in the universe, red supergiants, died with a whimper. But in 2020, astronomers witnessed quite the opposite. Flag as irrelevant
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