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A millisecond pulsar and a white dwarf in a very circular dance
There’s a lot of cool info just sitting there in a gorgeous shot of a galaxy.
That sounds like a line from a bad scifi movie
A little something for everyone today
Gabriel’s Horn is bizarre and literally unrealistic. It’s also super cool.
How an asteroid passes through Earth’s atmosphere and eventually becomes a meteorite
Also: Amazing image of Saturn ring spokes seen from Earth
It happened in 2024 and it's more than two football fields across. Also: 8 hours of Crash Course Astronomy
The "first light" shot is weird but hints at amazing things to come. Plus: Mercury has more shrinkage than thought
Also: Predicting where meteorites fall before a small asteroid impact
Plus: Video from the Science of Star Trek panel
We knew the small icy world Chariklo has rings. We didn’t know they changed over time.
