{"id":119,"date":"2026-10-08T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/astrometrik.com\/news\/?p=119"},"modified":"2026-10-09T10:23:03","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T08:23:03","slug":"bulletin-2-en","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/astrometrik.com\/news\/2026\/10\/08\/bulletin-2-en\/","title":{"rendered":"Webb pins down the most distant fast radio burst ever seen \u00b7 Astrometrik Bulletin 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"bl\">\n<p class=\"bl-intro\">The week on Astrometrik in one page: 28 new stories, 4 launches, 5 asteroids passing Earth and the best night to look up from New York.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bl-tiles\">\n<div style=\"--i:0\"><b>28<\/b><span>new stories<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"--i:1\"><b>4<\/b><span>launches in 7 days<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"--i:2\"><b>5<\/b><span>asteroids passing<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"--i:3\"><b>5.7<\/b><span>highest Kp<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"--i:4\"><b>1<\/b><span>events ahead<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>This week\u2019s news<\/h2>\n<h3>From the United States<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"bl-news\">\n<li class=\"bl-story\"><a class=\"bl-thumb\" href=\"https:\/\/astrometrik.com\/space-news\/moon-base-science\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/astrometrik.com\/space-news\/og\/moon-base-science.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"63\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a>\n<div><a class=\"bl-sh\" href=\"https:\/\/astrometrik.com\/space-news\/moon-base-science\/\">Three new science payloads for NASA\u2019s Moon Base<\/a><\/p>\n<p>NASA picked three investigations to ride commercial landers: a long-term station to monitor the environment at the lunar south pole, a search for underground lava tubes at the Marius Hills pit, and\u2026<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bl-src\">September 30, 2026 \u00b7 NASA<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"bl-story\"><a class=\"bl-thumb\" href=\"https:\/\/astrometrik.com\/space-news\/moon-5g\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/astrometrik.com\/space-news\/og\/moon-5g.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"63\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a>\n<div><a class=\"bl-sh\" href=\"https:\/\/astrometrik.com\/space-news\/moon-5g\/\">NASA orders a 5G network for the Moon<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Modulate Space Corporation won a contract of about $38 million, run from NASA Glenn in Cleveland, to combine 5G and Wi-Fi 6 for surface operations at the planned Moon Base: first a \u201cnetwork in a box\u201d tested in\u2026<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bl-src\">September 30, 2026 \u00b7 NASA<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"bl-story\"><a class=\"bl-thumb\" href=\"https:\/\/astrometrik.com\/space-news\/roman-coronagraph\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/astrometrik.com\/space-news\/og\/roman-coronagraph.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"63\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a>\n<div><a class=\"bl-sh\" href=\"https:\/\/astrometrik.com\/space-news\/roman-coronagraph\/\">Roman\u2019s coronagraph takes its first look<\/a><\/p>\n<p>After guidance-system tests on 15\u201321 September, NASA\u2019s Roman Space Telescope pointed its Coronagraph Instrument at a faint star in the Large Magellanic Cloud on 22 September, then again on 27 September with\u2026<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bl-src\">September 30, 2026 \u00b7 NASA Science<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>From around the world<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"bl-news\">\n<li class=\"bl-story\"><a class=\"bl-thumb\" href=\"https:\/\/astrometrik.com\/space-news\/webb-farthest-frb\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/astrometrik.com\/space-news\/og\/webb-farthest-frb.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"63\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a>\n<div><a class=\"bl-sh\" href=\"https:\/\/astrometrik.com\/space-news\/webb-farthest-frb\/\">Webb pins down the most distant fast radio burst ever seen<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A team led by Manisha Caleb of the University of Sydney used the James Webb Space Telescope to find the home galaxy of FRB 20240304B, a millisecond radio flash caught by South Africa\u2019s MeerKAT array on 4 March\u2026<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bl-src\">October 8, 2026 \u00b7 NASA Science<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"bl-story\"><a class=\"bl-thumb\" href=\"https:\/\/astrometrik.com\/space-news\/crew-12-splashdown\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/astrometrik.com\/space-news\/og\/crew-12-splashdown.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"63\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a>\n<div><a class=\"bl-sh\" href=\"https:\/\/astrometrik.com\/space-news\/crew-12-splashdown\/\">Crew-12 splashes down off Los Angeles after 237 days in space<\/a><\/p>\n<p>NASA\u2019s SpaceX Crew-12 mission ended at 15:34 UTC on 8 October 2026, when the Dragon capsule Freedom splashed down in the Pacific Ocean off Los Angeles. On board were NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack\u2026<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bl-src\">October 8, 2026 \u00b7 NASA<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"bl-story\"><a class=\"bl-thumb\" href=\"https:\/\/astrometrik.com\/space-news\/artemis-2-lunar-science\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/astrometrik.com\/space-news\/og\/artemis-2-lunar-science.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"63\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a>\n<div><a class=\"bl-sh\" href=\"https:\/\/astrometrik.com\/space-news\/artemis-2-lunar-science\/\">Artemis II Moon science: astronauts saw five meteoroid impact flashes<\/a><\/p>\n<p>NASA presented the preliminary lunar science results of Artemis II on 7 October 2026 at the International Astronautical Congress in Antalya, T\u00fcrkiye, and opened more than 800 GB of mission data to researchers\u2026<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bl-src\">October 7, 2026 \u00b7 NASA Science<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"bl-story\"><a class=\"bl-thumb\" href=\"https:\/\/astrometrik.com\/space-news\/nuri-fifth-launch\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/astrometrik.com\/space-news\/og\/nuri-fifth-launch.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"63\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a>\n<div><a class=\"bl-sh\" href=\"https:\/\/astrometrik.com\/space-news\/nuri-fifth-launch\/\">South Korea\u2019s Nuri rocket puts 14 of 15 satellites in orbit on 5th flight<\/a><\/p>\n<p>South Korea\u2019s home-built Nuri (KSLV-II) rocket lifted off from the Naro Space Center in Goheung at 03:25 UTC (12:25 local time) on 7 October 2026. It carried a record 15 satellites, about 1,071 kg in total\u2026<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bl-src\">October 7, 2026 \u00b7 Korea Times<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"bl-story\"><a class=\"bl-thumb\" href=\"https:\/\/astrometrik.com\/space-news\/nobel-physics-2026-halzen\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/astrometrik.com\/space-news\/og\/nobel-physics-2026-halzen.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"63\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a>\n<div><a class=\"bl-sh\" href=\"https:\/\/astrometrik.com\/space-news\/nobel-physics-2026-halzen\/\">Nobel Prize in Physics 2026 goes to IceCube\u2019s Francis Halzen<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics on 6 October to Francis Halzen of the University of Wisconsin\u2013Madison. The Belgian-American physicist was honoured for his decisive\u2026<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bl-src\">October 6, 2026 \u00b7 Nobel Prize<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"bl-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/astrometrik.com\/space-news\/\">All space news \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>The sky over New York<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"bl-fig\"><svg class=\"bl-chart\" viewBox=\"0 0 320 162\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"The next seven nights: clear sky (bars) and moonlight (circles)\"><line x1=\"0\" y1=\"140\" x2=\"320\" y2=\"140\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-opacity=\".25\"\/><rect class=\"bl-col\" style=\"--i:0\" x=\"13.9\" y=\"138\" width=\"28.2\" height=\"2\" rx=\"4\" fill=\"#5fd6c8\"\/><text x=\"28\" y=\"134\" text-anchor=\"middle\" class=\"bl-sv\">0%<\/text><circle cx=\"28\" cy=\"10\" r=\"7\" fill=\"#1d2550\" stroke=\"#8f99d6\" stroke-width=\"1\"\/><circle cx=\"28\" cy=\"10\" r=\"1\" fill=\"#f4f1e2\" opacity=\".9\"\/><text x=\"28\" y=\"156\" text-anchor=\"middle\" class=\"bl-sx\">Fri<\/text><rect class=\"bl-col\" style=\"--i:1\" x=\"57.9\" y=\"138\" width=\"28.2\" height=\"2\" rx=\"4\" fill=\"#5fd6c8\"\/><text x=\"72\" y=\"134\" text-anchor=\"middle\" class=\"bl-sv\">0%<\/text><circle cx=\"72\" cy=\"10\" r=\"7\" fill=\"#1d2550\" stroke=\"#8f99d6\" stroke-width=\"1\"\/><circle cx=\"72\" cy=\"10\" r=\"1\" fill=\"#f4f1e2\" opacity=\".9\"\/><text x=\"72\" y=\"156\" text-anchor=\"middle\" class=\"bl-sx\">Sat<\/text><rect class=\"bl-col\" style=\"--i:2\" x=\"101.9\" y=\"138\" width=\"28.2\" height=\"2\" rx=\"4\" fill=\"#5fd6c8\"\/><text x=\"116\" y=\"134\" text-anchor=\"middle\" class=\"bl-sv\">0%<\/text><circle cx=\"116\" cy=\"10\" r=\"7\" fill=\"#1d2550\" stroke=\"#8f99d6\" stroke-width=\"1\"\/><circle cx=\"116\" cy=\"10\" r=\"1.1\" fill=\"#f4f1e2\" opacity=\".9\"\/><text x=\"116\" y=\"156\" text-anchor=\"middle\" class=\"bl-sx\">Sun<\/text><rect class=\"bl-col\" style=\"--i:3\" x=\"145.9\" y=\"66.8\" width=\"28.2\" height=\"73.2\" rx=\"4\" fill=\"#5fd6c8\"\/><text x=\"160\" y=\"62.8\" text-anchor=\"middle\" class=\"bl-sv\">59%<\/text><circle cx=\"160\" cy=\"10\" r=\"7\" fill=\"#1d2550\" stroke=\"#8f99d6\" stroke-width=\"1\"\/><circle cx=\"160\" cy=\"10\" r=\"1.9\" fill=\"#f4f1e2\" opacity=\".9\"\/><text x=\"160\" y=\"156\" text-anchor=\"middle\" class=\"bl-sx\">Mon<\/text><rect class=\"bl-col\" style=\"--i:4\" x=\"189.9\" y=\"22.2\" width=\"28.2\" height=\"117.8\" rx=\"4\" fill=\"#5fd6c8\"\/><text x=\"204\" y=\"18.2\" text-anchor=\"middle\" class=\"bl-sv\">95%<\/text><circle cx=\"204\" cy=\"10\" r=\"7\" fill=\"#1d2550\" stroke=\"#8f99d6\" stroke-width=\"1\"\/><circle cx=\"204\" cy=\"10\" r=\"2.6\" fill=\"#f4f1e2\" opacity=\".9\"\/><text x=\"204\" y=\"156\" text-anchor=\"middle\" class=\"bl-sx\">Tue<\/text><rect class=\"bl-col\" style=\"--i:5\" x=\"233.9\" y=\"16\" width=\"28.2\" height=\"124\" rx=\"4\" fill=\"#ffb454\"\/><text x=\"248\" y=\"12\" text-anchor=\"middle\" class=\"bl-sv\">100%<\/text><circle cx=\"248\" cy=\"10\" r=\"7\" fill=\"#1d2550\" stroke=\"#ffb454\" stroke-width=\"2\"\/><circle cx=\"248\" cy=\"10\" r=\"3.2\" fill=\"#f4f1e2\" opacity=\".9\"\/><text x=\"248\" y=\"156\" text-anchor=\"middle\" class=\"bl-sx\">Wed<\/text><rect class=\"bl-col\" style=\"--i:6\" x=\"277.9\" y=\"33.4\" width=\"28.2\" height=\"106.6\" rx=\"4\" fill=\"#5fd6c8\"\/><text x=\"292\" y=\"29.4\" text-anchor=\"middle\" class=\"bl-sv\">86%<\/text><circle cx=\"292\" cy=\"10\" r=\"7\" fill=\"#1d2550\" stroke=\"#8f99d6\" stroke-width=\"1\"\/><circle cx=\"292\" cy=\"10\" r=\"3.9\" fill=\"#f4f1e2\" opacity=\".9\"\/><text x=\"292\" y=\"156\" text-anchor=\"middle\" class=\"bl-sx\">Thu<\/text><\/svg><figcaption>The next seven nights: clear sky (bars) and moonlight (circles)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"bl-moonrow\"><svg class=\"bl-moon\" viewBox=\"0 0 64 64\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><circle cx=\"32\" cy=\"32\" r=\"30\" fill=\"#1d2550\"\/><path d=\"M32.0 2.0 A30.0 30.0 0 0 0 32.0 62.0 A26.4 30.0 0 0 1 32.0 2.0 Z\" fill=\"#f4f1e2\"\/><\/svg><\/p>\n<p>The Moon is a waning crescent (6% lit). Full moon on October 26, 2026, new moon on October 10, 2026. Planets above the horizon around 21:00: Saturn (south-east, 30\u00b0).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Best night to look up: October 15, 2026. <a href=\"https:\/\/astrometrik.com\/\">Tonight\u2019s sky map for wherever you are \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Next meteor shower<\/h2>\n<p>The Draconid peak on the night of October 8, 2026: up to 10 meteors an hour under a dark sky, 1 days from now. <a href=\"https:\/\/astrometrik.com\/meteors\/\">Meteor shower calendar \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Launches<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"bl-fig\"><svg class=\"bl-chart\" viewBox=\"0 0 320 162\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Orbital launches per day, last 7 days\"><line x1=\"0\" y1=\"140\" x2=\"320\" y2=\"140\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-opacity=\".25\"\/><rect class=\"bl-col\" style=\"--i:0\" x=\"13.9\" y=\"98.7\" width=\"28.2\" height=\"41.3\" rx=\"4\" fill=\"#ffb454\"\/><text x=\"28\" y=\"94.7\" text-anchor=\"middle\" class=\"bl-sv\">1<\/text><text x=\"28\" y=\"156\" text-anchor=\"middle\" class=\"bl-sx\">Fri<\/text><rect 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2026 at 7:29 AM UTC<\/b><span>SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer A \u00b7 Falcon 9 Block 5 \u00b7 Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"--i:2\"><b>October 12, 2026 at 11:00 PM UTC<\/b><span>Starlink Group 15-25 \u00b7 Falcon 9 Block 5 \u00b7 Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"--i:3\"><b>October 13, 2026 at 10:33 AM UTC<\/b><span>Dragon CRS-2 SpX-35 \u00b7 Falcon 9 Block 5 \u00b7 Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"--i:4\"><b>October 15, 2026 at 11:44 PM UTC<\/b><span>USSF-481 \u00b7 Falcon 9 Block 5 \u00b7 Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p class=\"bl-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/astrometrik.com\/launches\/\">Full launch board \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Asteroids passing Earth<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"bl-fig\">\n<div class=\"bl-bars\">\n<div class=\"bl-bar\" style=\"--i:0\"><span class=\"bl-bl\">2019 SD8<\/span><span class=\"bl-bt\"><em style=\"left:2.5%\"><\/em><i style=\"width:47%\"><\/i><\/span><b>18.6 \u00b7 October 10, 2026 \u00b7 ~14 m<\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"bl-bar\" style=\"--i:1\"><span class=\"bl-bl\">2018 EH4<\/span><span class=\"bl-bt\"><em style=\"left:2.5%\"><\/em><i style=\"width:55%\"><\/i><\/span><b>21.9 \u00b7 October 14, 2026 \u00b7 ~199 m<\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"bl-bar\" style=\"--i:2\"><span class=\"bl-bl\">678976 2018 EH4<\/span><span class=\"bl-bt\"><em style=\"left:2.5%\"><\/em><i style=\"width:55%\"><\/i><\/span><b>21.9 \u00b7 October 14, 2026 \u00b7 ~198 m<\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"bl-bar\" style=\"--i:3\"><span class=\"bl-bl\">2009 TK8<\/span><span class=\"bl-bt\"><em style=\"left:2.5%\"><\/em><i style=\"width:79%\"><\/i><\/span><b>31.7 \u00b7 October 15, 2026 \u00b7 ~398 m<\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"bl-bar\" style=\"--i:4\"><span class=\"bl-bl\">2012 WH1<\/span><span class=\"bl-bt\"><em style=\"left:2.5%\"><\/em><i style=\"width:100%\"><\/i><\/span><b>39.9 \u00b7 October 13, 2026 \u00b7 ~62 m<\/b><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>Closest approach in lunar distances (1 = as far as the Moon)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"bl-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/astrometrik.com\/meteors\/#radar\">Asteroid radar \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Space weather<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"bl-fig\"><svg class=\"bl-chart\" viewBox=\"0 0 320 162\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Daily maximum Kp, last 7 days (5 or more = geomagnetic storm)\"><line x1=\"0\" y1=\"140\" x2=\"320\" y2=\"140\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-opacity=\".25\"\/><line x1=\"0\" y1=\"71.1\" x2=\"320\" y2=\"71.1\" stroke=\"#ff7a6b\" stroke-dasharray=\"4 4\" stroke-opacity=\".8\"\/><rect class=\"bl-col\" style=\"--i:0\" x=\"13.9\" y=\"102.8\" width=\"28.2\" height=\"37.2\" rx=\"4\" fill=\"#5fd6c8\"\/><text x=\"28\" y=\"98.8\" text-anchor=\"middle\" class=\"bl-sv\">2.7<\/text><text x=\"28\" y=\"156\" text-anchor=\"middle\" class=\"bl-sx\">Sat<\/text><rect class=\"bl-col\" style=\"--i:1\" x=\"57.9\" y=\"61.5\" width=\"28.2\" height=\"78.5\" rx=\"4\" fill=\"#ff7a6b\"\/><text x=\"72\" y=\"57.5\" text-anchor=\"middle\" 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height=\"27.6\" rx=\"4\" fill=\"#5fd6c8\"\/><text x=\"248\" y=\"108.4\" text-anchor=\"middle\" class=\"bl-sv\">2.0<\/text><text x=\"248\" y=\"156\" text-anchor=\"middle\" class=\"bl-sx\">Thu<\/text><rect class=\"bl-col\" style=\"--i:6\" x=\"277.9\" y=\"94.5\" width=\"28.2\" height=\"45.5\" rx=\"4\" fill=\"#5fd6c8\"\/><text x=\"292\" y=\"90.5\" text-anchor=\"middle\" class=\"bl-sv\">3.3<\/text><text x=\"292\" y=\"156\" text-anchor=\"middle\" class=\"bl-sx\">Fri<\/text><\/svg><figcaption>Daily maximum Kp, last 7 days (5 or more = geomagnetic storm)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Solar wind right now: 373 km\/s. <a href=\"https:\/\/astrometrik.com\/space-weather\/\">Space weather and aurora \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Events near you<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"bl-events\">\n<li><b>October 10, 2026<\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/astrometrik.com\/en\/events\/event.php?id=269\">Legendary Telescope Tour<\/a><span>Armagh \u00b7 Armagh Observatory and Planetarium<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"bl-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/astrometrik.com\/events\/\">All events \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>About these numbers<\/h2>\n<p>Astrometrik measures these things itself, every hour, from NOAA, NASA, CelesTrak and Launch Library data. The <a href=\"https:\/\/astrometrik.com\/\">sky map<\/a> shows tonight from wherever you are, with visible ISS passes and the best observing nights; the <a href=\"https:\/\/astrometrik.com\/launches\/\">launch board<\/a> lists every rocket like an airport departure board; <a href=\"https:\/\/astrometrik.com\/space-weather\/\">space weather<\/a> tracks the solar wind and the aurora. This bulletin is the week, written down.<\/p>\n<h3>Sources<\/h3>\n<p class=\"bl-srcs\">Launches: Launch Library 2 (The Space Devs). Asteroids: NASA\/JPL via NeoWs. Space weather: NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center. ISS orbit: CelesTrak. Cloud forecast: MET Norway. Headlines: Spaceflight News API, each linked to its original publisher.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The week on Astrometrik in one page: 28 new stories, 4 launches, 5 asteroids passing Earth and the best night to look up from New York.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"astro_group":"bulletin-issue-2","astro_lang":"en","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/astrometrik.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/astrometrik.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/astrometrik.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/astrometrik.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/astrometrik.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/astrometrik.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":127,"href":"https:\/\/astrometrik.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119\/revisions\/127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/astrometrik.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/astrometrik.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/astrometrik.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}