Ook wil het kabinet de rekenkundige ondergrens verhogen, waardoor projecten minder snel een vergunning nodig hebben. In het verleden zette de rechter meermaals een streep door stikstofplannen van de regering.

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James Webb Space Telescope posted a photo:

Hubble and Webb teamed up to examine a relic from our galaxy’s early formation. While this object might look like a globular cluster of stars, it’s actually something much odder and rarer - a “bulge fossil fragment.” Billions of years ago, similar primordial clumps merged to form the Milky Way’s bulge, the region that rises above and below the galactic center, dense with stars. Terzan 5, however, has remained intact within the galactic bulge, even to the present day, like a lump in an otherwise well-mixed cake batter of stars. It is giving us new insight into how galaxies like our own form and evolve over time.

New observations from Webb were combined with 12 years of archival data from Hubble, confirming and more accurately dating two distinct populations of stars within Terzan 5, and finding evidence for two even more recent rounds of star formation (at 3.8 billion and 2.5 billion years ago). The oldest population of stars was dated by Hubble to have formed around 12.5 billion years ago, when the Milky Way was assembling itself. The second, about 4.7 billion years ago, just before the Earth started forming.

Because the galactic bulge is so crowded with stars, and obscured by dust, Webb’s sensitive infrared view allowed it to peer through and catalogue more stars than had previously been seen. Webb’s observational ability was almost too sensitive, and it took comparing it with Hubble data to figure out which stars were a part of Terzan 5 and which were just part of the Milky Way bulge, or in the foreground.

Why did Terzan 5 survive intact? Evidence shows that powerful supernova explosions within it forged heavier elements. The fact that it retained these raw materials for new star formation (perhaps because of its mass), allowed it to produce new generations of stars.

Read more: science.nasa.gov/missions/webb/nasa-webb-hubble-reveal-hi...

Image credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Giorgia Zullo (University of Bologna), Francesco Ferraro (University of Bologna); Image Processing: Alyssa Pagan (STScI)

Image description: A dramatically crowded starfield that looks like a just-shaken snow globe. The black background of space, which is clearer at the edges, is covered by thousands of tiny white, orange, and blue points of light, which are stars. The stars are most concentrated in the center, forming a roughly circular orb, and sparser at the edges of the image. Several larger orange stars, particularly those largest near the edges of the frame, have prominent diffraction spikes.

Weer voor Rotterdam ☀️ - 16-06-2026 19:15 CEST

In één oogopslag:
• 22.3°C · Zonnig ☀️ | Min 14.8°C / Max 24.4°C | Kans op neerslag 5%

Verwachting voor vandaag:
• Min 14.8°C, Max 24.4°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 5%, 🧭 1016.3 hPa ↗️ +0.7 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 13.3 km/u (3.7 m/s), richting: ↘ 294°

Uurlijkse voorspelling voor de komende 12 uur:

• 20:00: 21.2°C (Zonnig) ☀️, 🧭 1015.6 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 12.2 km/u (3.4 m/s), richting: ↘ 300°
• 21:00: 20.4°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1015.9 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 9.4 km/u (2.6 m/s), richting: ↘ 316°
• 22:00: 20.0°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1016.5 hPa ↗️ +0.6 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 8.6 km/u (2.4 m/s), richting: ↘ 306°
• 23:00: 19.6°C (Helder) 🌕, 🧭 1017.2 hPa ↗️ +0.7 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 7.6 km/u (2.1 m/s), richting: ↘ 293°
• 00:00: 18.7°C (Helder) 🌕, Kans op neerslag 1%, 🧭 1017.2 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 7.6 km/u (2.1 m/s), richting: → 283°
• 01:00: 18.4°C (Licht bewolkt) 🌕, Kans op neerslag 2%, 🧭 1017.1 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 7.2 km/u (2.0 m/s), richting: → 278°
• 02:00: 18.6°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 2%, 🧭 1017.2 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 5.8 km/u (1.6 m/s), richting: ↗ 234°
• 03:00: 18.6°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 1%, 🧭 1017.0 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 6.5 km/u (1.8 m/s), richting: ↗ 204°
• 04:00: 18.5°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1017.0 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 7.2 km/u (2.0 m/s), richting: ↑ 192°
• 05:00: 17.9°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, 🧭 1017.2 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 10.1 km/u (2.8 m/s), richting: ↑ 182°
• 06:00: 17.8°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 1%, 🧭 1017.2 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 13.7 km/u (3.8 m/s), richting: ↗ 217°
• 07:00: 17.5°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 2%, 🧭 1017.5 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 13.7 km/u (3.8 m/s), richting: ↗ 228°

Voorspelling voor de komende dagen:

• woensdag 17 juni: Min 17.5°C, Max 24.7°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 6%, 🧭 1018.1 hPa ↗️ +1.8 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 24.1 km/u (6.7 m/s), richting: ↗ 240°
• donderdag 18 juni: Min 18.8°C, Max 30.4°C (Lichte regen) 🌧️, Neerslag 2.3 mm, Kans op neerslag 9%, 🧭 1018.2 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 15.1 km/u (4.2 m/s), richting: ↗ 221°
• vrijdag 19 juni: Min 19.3°C, Max 31.6°C (Lichte onweersbui) ⛈️, Neerslag 2.0 mm, Kans op neerslag 33%, 🧭 1014.0 hPa ↘️ -4.2 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 13.9 km/u (3.9 m/s), richting: ↖ 155°
• zaterdag 20 juni: Min 20.0°C, Max 27.3°C (Lichte onweersbui) ⛈️, Kans op neerslag 4%, 🧭 1018.3 hPa ↗️ +4.3 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 8.4 km/u (2.3 m/s), richting: → 272°
• zondag 21 juni: Min 19.4°C, Max 30.9°C (Lichte onweersbui) ⛈️, Kans op neerslag 10%, 🧭 1023.9 hPa ↗️ +5.6 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 9.7 km/u (2.7 m/s), richting: ← 88°
• maandag 22 juni: Min 22.0°C, Max 29.0°C (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 2.8 mm, Kans op neerslag 8%, 🧭 1019.4 hPa ↘️ -4.5 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 10.1 km/u (2.8 m/s), richting: ↖ 148°

Details:
• 🌡️ Huidige temperatuur (om 19:15): 22.3°C (Zonnig)
• 🤚 Gevoelstemperatuur: 19.8°C (-2.5°C)
• 💨 Windsnelheid: 13.3 km/u (3.7 m/s), richting: ↘ 298°
• 🌬️ Windstoten: 27.7 km/h (7.7 m/s)
• 💧 Luchtvochtigheid: 54%
• 🧭 Luchtdruk: 1015.6 hPa ↗️ +0.9 hPa/3h
• 👁️ Zichtbaarheid: 28.6 km
• ☀️ UV-index: 1.5
• 🌅 Zonsopgang: 05:21 · 🌇 Zonsondergang: 22:03

Luchtkwaliteit:
• AQI: 51 🟡 (Matig)
• PM2.5: 22.5 μg/m³
• PM10: 29.9 μg/m³

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elian_fotografo has added a photo to the pool:

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