The Latest on the Texas Measles Outbreak, Asteroid 2024 YR4 Risks and Fish Friends

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February 24, 2025, 11:00 AM

• •The asteroid 2024 YR4 has a 1.5% chance of hitting Earth in 2032.
• •New observations from the James Webb Space Telescope suggest that the black hole at the center of our galaxy is constantly emitting flares of light.
• •For the first time, an astronaut candidate with a physical disability has been cleared to go to the International Space Station.

Sagittarius A* is having something of a constant cosmic rager, new observations from the James Webb Space Telescope suggest. In other space news, for the first time, an astronaut candidate with a physical disability has been cleared to go to the International Space Station. A troubling measles outbreak continues to grow in West Texas, with some 58 cases identified as of last Tuesday, according to the state health department. A recent study could help explain why humans have such unique powers of speech. Meanwhile, a study published last Tuesday in Biology Letters suggests that fish really can be our friends.

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