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NASA must have a significant announcement to make in the press conference they will be holding later this morning. As a Facebook friend pointed out, this is probably the first time that they have ever taken the step of replacing the Astronomy Picture of the Day<\/a> with a text placeholder. I am including that placeholder image in this post below. The name of the image file is also significant \u2013 they called it \u201cDrumRoll.jpg\u201d!<\/p>\n

It is expected that the announcement will\u00a0confirm the observation of gravitational waves. An exciting development!<\/p>\n

What do you think the Astronomy Picture of the Day<\/a> will be that will appear on the APOD website<\/a> after the press conference?<\/p>\n

\"APODDrumRoll\"<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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