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Top posts this week

The 10 highest-scored posts from the last 7 days — ranking by real score over a week naturally filters out posts that got removed shortly after posting.

Post	Score	Posted
I was lucky enough to capture both Eclipses last month. Here is a composite I created of both	43947	3d ago
China on track to launch Mars sample-return mission in 2028: 'If accurate, this represents a Sputnik moment'	3103	7d ago
Europe will go it alone on Venus mission after NASA yanks radar instrument	2869	6d ago
Venus and a thin waxing crescent moon	2467	3d ago
The N-1: the Soviet Union's massive rocket intended to send cosmonauts to the Moon in 1967. Unlike the Saturn V, the N-1 was integrated horizontally and raised to a vertical position at the launchpad	2157	3d ago
Astronauts consistently report that space has a metallic smell	1180	4d ago
I used my astro-modified DSLR to capture the Milky Way over Watendlath Valley (Lake District, UK)	1178	3d ago
Research Grants in the Astronomical Sciences Have Been Reduced by Over 50% in Fiscal Year 2026	1171	5d ago
My acrylic painting of the constellation Orion, does it look like the real constellation	1057	3d ago
The OS that runs the Mars Rovers like Perserverance and Artemis II is helping power the next-gen Roman Telescope CGI	780	4d ago

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