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Webb Rewrites Star Birth, Mars' Triple Water History & SpaceX Rally
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Webb's new infrared images of NGC 7129 are overturning star formation models, while Perseverance confirms three distinct water episodes inside Jezero Crater. Plus: World Space Week's commercial focus and what SpaceX's 50% share rally actually signals.
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Webb's latest infrared images of NGC 7129 are now public, and they're rewriting what we thought we understood about how stars are born. This isn't a quiet nursery.
On Mars, Perseverance has delivered a result that complicates the habitability picture significantly. A peer-reviewed study published this week confirms the rover detected three separate episodes of water activity inside Jezero Crater, not one sustained lake system as earlier models suggested.
World Space Week, running through October tenth, is highlighting something worth tracking separately. The UN observance, now supported by over fifty thousand events across more than a hundred countries, is centering this year on commercial space access and reusable launch systems.
SpaceX shares have rallied fifty percent off their lows to one hundred seventy-one dollars, driven partly by Falcon 9's record eight-hour delivery run to the ISS and continued Starship progress. Options flow has shifted from speculative to more measured positioning.
The near-term signals worth tracking are straightforward. On NGC 7129, the next step is detailed shock tracing to separate individual protostar outflow contributions.
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