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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
My best view of the Milky Way from ISS	26075	2d ago
Gum nebula in Tuscany	4290	2d ago
The Cosmos segment where Sagan explains Earth’s curvature with sticks and shadows	1927	7d ago
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Rocket Is About to Crash Into the Moon—and It Could Be Visible From Earth	1615	3d ago
NASA's new Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is about to launch. Here's why it's so cool.	1183	5d ago
A discarded SpaceX rocket is on a high-speed collision course with the moon	1095	4d ago
Commercial satellite company Planet restricted imagery over the Middle East during the Iran conflict	1082	5d ago
Astronomers finally measure the full size of the largest known galaxy	996	3d ago
Reaction wheel failures leave Swift rescue mission spinning in orbit \| “Preliminary investigation shows that two of Link’s three reaction wheels currently are not operable.”	968	6d ago
NASA releases interactive 3D model of Earth's geoid, the shape gravity gives the ocean surface	814	3d ago

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