papoo2u
@papoo2u.bsky.social
Retired school administrator and teacher. Organic gardener and grandfather to eight sweethearts. Playwright and short story writer. Husband is a teacher and artist, father and grandfather!
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You're looking at an incredible image of the star forming region Cepheus A. It contains a massive protostar with 16 times the mass of the Sun, part of a recent survey.
https://www.universetoday.com/articles/studying-massive-and-mysterious-young-protostars-with-the-hubble
https://www.universetoday.com/articles/studying-massive-and-mysterious-young-protostars-with-the-hubble
January 20, 2026 at 10:49 PM
You're looking at an incredible image of the star forming region Cepheus A. It contains a massive protostar with 16 times the mass of the Sun, part of a recent survey.
https://www.universetoday.com/articles/studying-massive-and-mysterious-young-protostars-with-the-hubble
https://www.universetoday.com/articles/studying-massive-and-mysterious-young-protostars-with-the-hubble
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January 21, 2026 at 4:52 AM
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The Sombrero galaxy (Messier 104) is in the Virgo cluster & is 1 of the most massive objects in that group, equivalent to 800 billion suns. It's 50,000 light-years across & is 30 million light-years from Earth. Credit: NASA/ESA & The Hubble Heritage Team
More info: esahubble.org/images/opo03...
More info: esahubble.org/images/opo03...
January 20, 2026 at 10:09 PM
The Sombrero galaxy (Messier 104) is in the Virgo cluster & is 1 of the most massive objects in that group, equivalent to 800 billion suns. It's 50,000 light-years across & is 30 million light-years from Earth. Credit: NASA/ESA & The Hubble Heritage Team
More info: esahubble.org/images/opo03...
More info: esahubble.org/images/opo03...
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There are bright flashes that can outshine their entire galaxy - luminous fast blue optical transients. What's causing them? A recent event seems to have been caused by a black hole completely shredding a companion star.
https://www.universetoday.com/articles/solving-the-mystery-of-blue-flashes
https://www.universetoday.com/articles/solving-the-mystery-of-blue-flashes
January 16, 2026 at 7:31 PM
There are bright flashes that can outshine their entire galaxy - luminous fast blue optical transients. What's causing them? A recent event seems to have been caused by a black hole completely shredding a companion star.
https://www.universetoday.com/articles/solving-the-mystery-of-blue-flashes
https://www.universetoday.com/articles/solving-the-mystery-of-blue-flashes
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Hubble Spies Stellar Blast Setting Clouds Ablaze www.nasa.gov/image-articl...
This new NASA Hubble Space Telescope image captures a jet of gas from a forming star shooting across the dark expanse.
This new NASA Hubble Space Telescope image captures a jet of gas from a forming star shooting across the dark expanse.
January 17, 2026 at 6:46 AM
Hubble Spies Stellar Blast Setting Clouds Ablaze www.nasa.gov/image-articl...
This new NASA Hubble Space Telescope image captures a jet of gas from a forming star shooting across the dark expanse.
This new NASA Hubble Space Telescope image captures a jet of gas from a forming star shooting across the dark expanse.
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“This is not the time for resignation; it’s a time of heightened urgency”
Ahead of @weforum.org annual meeting #WEF26, PIK Director Johan #Rockström & Carlos Afonso Nobre @uspoficial.bsky.social highlight the importance of the 1.5C limit, naming 4 deciding factors.
www.weforum.org/stories/2026...
Ahead of @weforum.org annual meeting #WEF26, PIK Director Johan #Rockström & Carlos Afonso Nobre @uspoficial.bsky.social highlight the importance of the 1.5C limit, naming 4 deciding factors.
www.weforum.org/stories/2026...
It’s time to put scientific guidance at the heart of climate policy
Scientific consensus indicates that global warming has reached the 1.5°C threshold, requiring climate policy to shift from commitments to the rapid, science-aligned phase-out of fossil fuels.
www.weforum.org
January 16, 2026 at 10:20 AM
“This is not the time for resignation; it’s a time of heightened urgency”
Ahead of @weforum.org annual meeting #WEF26, PIK Director Johan #Rockström & Carlos Afonso Nobre @uspoficial.bsky.social highlight the importance of the 1.5C limit, naming 4 deciding factors.
www.weforum.org/stories/2026...
Ahead of @weforum.org annual meeting #WEF26, PIK Director Johan #Rockström & Carlos Afonso Nobre @uspoficial.bsky.social highlight the importance of the 1.5C limit, naming 4 deciding factors.
www.weforum.org/stories/2026...
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This is how all of the Trump Cabinet see our entire government. They want a new world order and they want to remove any and all merit-based civil government work force to be replaced by only those who share their fascist racist misogynist world view.
January 15, 2026 at 9:50 PM
This is how all of the Trump Cabinet see our entire government. They want a new world order and they want to remove any and all merit-based civil government work force to be replaced by only those who share their fascist racist misogynist world view.
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youtu.be/J9tiGudbOp4?...
The Power Shift wasn’t theory, its trajectory, “Putin is now having to defend everything, all of the time”.
Now we’re seeing the downdraft: Iran wobbling, Venezuela slipping, Russia’s global reach shrinking.
The Power Shift wasn’t theory, its trajectory, “Putin is now having to defend everything, all of the time”.
Now we’re seeing the downdraft: Iran wobbling, Venezuela slipping, Russia’s global reach shrinking.
THE POWER SHIFT: Russia is now defending everything, all of the time #ukrainewar
YouTube video by Shaun Pinner
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January 16, 2026 at 8:05 AM
youtu.be/J9tiGudbOp4?...
The Power Shift wasn’t theory, its trajectory, “Putin is now having to defend everything, all of the time”.
Now we’re seeing the downdraft: Iran wobbling, Venezuela slipping, Russia’s global reach shrinking.
The Power Shift wasn’t theory, its trajectory, “Putin is now having to defend everything, all of the time”.
Now we’re seeing the downdraft: Iran wobbling, Venezuela slipping, Russia’s global reach shrinking.
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Giraffe in space? Eerie dark nebula takes on an uncanny shape (photo)
https://www.newsbeep.com/ca/412727/
Astrophotographer Greg Meyer has captured an evocative image of a shadowy nebula drifting through interstellar space, which conjures…
https://www.newsbeep.com/ca/412727/
Astrophotographer Greg Meyer has captured an evocative image of a shadowy nebula drifting through interstellar space, which conjures…
Giraffe in space? Eerie dark nebula takes on an uncanny shape (photo) - Canada News Beep
Astrophotographer Greg Meyer has captured an evocative image of a shadowy nebula drifting through interstellar space, which conjures the image of a cosmic
www.newsbeep.com
January 16, 2026 at 8:40 AM
Giraffe in space? Eerie dark nebula takes on an uncanny shape (photo)
https://www.newsbeep.com/ca/412727/
Astrophotographer Greg Meyer has captured an evocative image of a shadowy nebula drifting through interstellar space, which conjures…
https://www.newsbeep.com/ca/412727/
Astrophotographer Greg Meyer has captured an evocative image of a shadowy nebula drifting through interstellar space, which conjures…
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What happened to FY3 locums?
Rate cuts and a dearth of shifts have left resident doctors with few choices amid an under-employment crisis.
The Doctor Magazine hears from those who say trust cost-cutting has become unsafe 👇 [1/5] thedoctor.bma.org.uk/articles/pay...
Rate cuts and a dearth of shifts have left resident doctors with few choices amid an under-employment crisis.
The Doctor Magazine hears from those who say trust cost-cutting has become unsafe 👇 [1/5] thedoctor.bma.org.uk/articles/pay...
What happened to FY3 locums?
Rate cuts and a dearth of locum shifts have left resident doctors with few choices amid an under-employment crisis. Ben Ireland hears from those who say trust cost-cutting has become unsafe
thedoctor.bma.org.uk
January 15, 2026 at 3:54 PM
What happened to FY3 locums?
Rate cuts and a dearth of shifts have left resident doctors with few choices amid an under-employment crisis.
The Doctor Magazine hears from those who say trust cost-cutting has become unsafe 👇 [1/5] thedoctor.bma.org.uk/articles/pay...
Rate cuts and a dearth of shifts have left resident doctors with few choices amid an under-employment crisis.
The Doctor Magazine hears from those who say trust cost-cutting has become unsafe 👇 [1/5] thedoctor.bma.org.uk/articles/pay...
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Sea anemones and jellyfish don’t have brains, but the way their neurons behave during sleep shows some surprising similarities to humans
Scientists Catch Jellyfish and Sea Anemones Behaving in Surprisingly Human Ways
Sea anemones and jellyfish don’t have brains, but the way their neurons behave during sleep shows some surprising similarities to humans
www.scientificamerican.com
January 14, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Sea anemones and jellyfish don’t have brains, but the way their neurons behave during sleep shows some surprising similarities to humans
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Union leaders accuse Trump labor department of echoing Nazi rhetoric | US unions | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Union leaders accuse Trump labor department of echoing Nazi rhetoric
Labor department rhetoric, such as ‘One Homeland. One People. One Heritage’, prompt comparisons to Nazi slogan
www.theguardian.com
January 14, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Union leaders accuse Trump labor department of echoing Nazi rhetoric | US unions | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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This video is the perfect encapsulation of the illegal, thuggish, unprovoked, violent conduct of ICE. Rep. @benniethompson.bsky.social, I trust that you and the House Homeland Security Committee will have interest in this.
January 13, 2026 at 2:19 AM
This video is the perfect encapsulation of the illegal, thuggish, unprovoked, violent conduct of ICE. Rep. @benniethompson.bsky.social, I trust that you and the House Homeland Security Committee will have interest in this.
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This winter is serving so many brilliant sunrises. 🧡✨
January 12, 2026 at 12:35 PM
This winter is serving so many brilliant sunrises. 🧡✨
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