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Earl White
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My BINTEL blog for this week #space #astronomy #BINTEL

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Space and Astronomy News for the 15th of November 2025
Blue Origin's New Glenn mega rocket has a second launch This time it's sending twin probes to Mars! We've mentioned SpaceX's Starship rocket in this blog over the last couple of years as it progresses...
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November 14, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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Aurora was on song tonight! 6 second exposure on my Pixel phone. Wentworth Falls in the Blue Mountains, Australia. #aurora #bluemountains #pixel
November 12, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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Full Moon in and out of the hazy clouds tonight. Was quite "Super". #supermoon #sydneyspring
November 5, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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New York Times article on the Mars Society convention #mars #marssociety

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/s...
They’re Ready to Go to Mars
www.nytimes.com
October 15, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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Very cool exoplanet catalogue #exoplanet

exoplanet.eu/catalog/
Catalogue of Exoplanets
Sortable and filterable catalogue of the exoplanet discovered so far.
exoplanet.eu
October 12, 2025 at 7:27 AM
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International Observe The Moon Night is on. Here's what it looks like from my front yard in Rosehill a few moments ago. Just before it started to haze over! #internationalobservethemoonnight #moon #sydneyspring
October 4, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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Got to see this thing up close and personal today.

#Cézanne
September 5, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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A new and interesting way to check for signs of life using gear already on the Curiosity rover #mars

www.imperial.ac.uk/news/267393/...
Signs of recent life on Mars could be detected using new simple test | Imperial News | Imperial College London
Scientists reveal simple way to test for life on Mars using kit already on the Curiosity rover
www.imperial.ac.uk
August 14, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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My new car floor mats thanks to FitMyCar . My Datsun is going to look mighty fine cruising around with these! #floormats #nissan350z #datsun #nissan
July 30, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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www.tmt.org/news/698

Makes sense! #astronomy
Spain Extends Invitation for TMT to Consider La Palma Site
Spain’s Science Minister invited TMT to consider relocating to La Palma as the project evaluates the most suitable location for its next-generation observatory.
www.tmt.org
July 25, 2025 at 6:24 AM
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If you have a Bigpond or OzEmail address or when giving your email address you start with "It's all lowercase" #email
July 25, 2025 at 2:52 AM
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This week's BINTEL blog - the latest comet to visit the Solar System might be ancient, billions of years older than the Sun and the Earth, and some possible ways to navigate in interstellar space. #bintel #astronomy

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Space and Astronomy News for the 12th of July 2025
Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS could be truly ancient More news following on from last week's announcement of the discovery of the third known interstellar visitor to the Solar System, 3I/ATLAS, which ha...
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July 12, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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Jaycar have released a printed version of their cattle dog after a break of some years. Oh, how I've missed thee! #jaycar #funtimes

www.jaycar.com.au/jaycar-catal...
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July 6, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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Amazing first images from The Vera C. Rubin Observatory

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Ever-changing Universe Revealed in First Imagery From NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory | Rubin Observatory
From distant stars and galaxies to asteroids whizzing through the Solar System, this next-generation facility unveils its first imagery and brings the night sky to life like never before
rubinobservatory.org
June 23, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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And so it begins. #musk
May 31, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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Reckon this will be the case up until folks realise how often AI gets it wrong. #zeroclick

www.techspot.com/news/107859-...
Cloudflare CEO warns AI and zero-click internet are killing the web's business model
It's been known for some time that the web is changing into the Zero-Click Internet, the name for when users no longer need to click on links...
www.techspot.com
May 10, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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Another work blog. #astronomy #bintel

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Space and Astronomy News for the 26th of April 2025
NASA's Lucy spacecraft has an encounter with a strange object: say g'day to Asteroid Donaldjohanson This week, the spacecraft Lucy made its second close up observation of an asteroid.  Astronomers had...
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April 27, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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Cosmic Distance Calibration xkcd.com/3066
March 21, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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My letter in the SMH this week. #sydney
March 22, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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Changing the subject, I still reckon any salesperson no matter how senior who thinks they *don't* need any more sales skills training is a dill.
March 22, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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Work article from last week #bintel #space #astronomy

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Space and Astronomy News for the 15th of March 2025
As always, lots of news about astronomy and space this week. New moons discovered around Saturn. Heaps of them. The Solar System planet with the most spectacular set of rings, the gas giant Saturn, ha...
bintel.com.au
March 17, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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quantamagazine.bsky.social
Astronomers are searching for the fingerprints of life in faraway planetary atmospheres. But first, they need to know where to look — and that means figuring out which planets are likely to have atmospheres in the first place. @elisecutts.bsky.social reports: www.quantamagazine.org/the-road-map...
The Road Map to Alien Life Passes Through the ‘Cosmic Shoreline’ | Quanta Magazine
Astronomers are ready to search for the fingerprints of life in faraway planetary atmospheres. But first, they need to know where to look — and that means figuring out which planets are likely to have...
www.quantamagazine.org
March 12, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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For those who observe intelligent, thoughtful conversation,
the #SundayShot is now live.

Rid yourself of the shackles of #Insiders and the same old restricted, dead-beige discussions from the same old beige talking heads - and watch this instead.

#climatechange

www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIFJ...
Welcome to The Sunday Shot!
YouTube video by The Sunday Shot
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March 1, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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Of course, why not? #Bigfoot

www.sfgate.com/northcoast/a...
California takes steps toward officially recognizing Bigfoot
California's Assembly Bill 666 seeks to make Bigfoot the state's official cryptid, sparking excitement in Bigfoot communities.
www.sfgate.com
February 21, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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This is shocking. The damage caused will be next to impossible to repair.

www.planetary.org/press-releas...
The Planetary Society Strongly Opposes Mass Layoffs of Probationary…
Sudden, indiscriminate layoffs at NASA do not serve the national interests in space leadership.
www.planetary.org
February 19, 2025 at 2:46 AM