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Trump’s pick to run NASA is a public figure but its unclear how well he’d do as the space agency administrator
The Hubble tension is alive and well: JWST appears to confirm the cosmic expansion is different closer to us than farther away
Getting blasted by high-energy radiation from nearby stars doesn’t deter baby planets
Binary brown dwarf system has some pretty nasty weather
Colliding black holes create ripples in spacetime, but maybe their formation does as well
That sounds like word salad, but it actually makes sense, kinda
New view on an old favorite reveals a warmly glowing ring of eructated dust
Meteoritic microbes are terrestrial in origin, and highlight how careful we need to be studying samples from space
I won’t cry when WOH G64 explodes, but it IS getting dusty in here
M90 is heading toward us, but only because it’s being flung our way. Also, Holy Haleakala!
Sphericity — and social media — can be hard to do
Also, tomorrow is the Supermoon which is not terribly meaningful but you should go look anyway
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