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exoplanetsexoplanets

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Watching the clouds go by...on a planet floating in interstellar space

JWST observations show weather on a very nearby rogue world

Philip Plait

cometscomets

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Euclid spies its first new comet

Plus: Why doesn’t Venus have a moon?

Philip Plait

supernovaesupernovae

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A star can’t stop exploding over and over and carving a gigantic hole in space

Plus: Help on how to take action before the election

Philip Plait

MarsMars

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A gorgeous galaxy collision, bone loss in space, Perseverance record, Martian New Year

Just cool stuff all around (except for the bone loss, that sucks)

Philip Plait

exoplanetsexoplanets

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A swiftly tilted planet

How did this exoplanet wind up orbiting its star backwards?

Philip Plait

supernovaesupernovae

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An incredible image of a celestial fireworks display

A supernova in the year 1181 produced the spectacular Pa 30 nebula

Philip Plait

cosmologycosmology

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The brown dwarf that was mistaken for a galaxy at the edge of time

Interpreting JWST data can be tricky

Philip Plait

white dwarfswhite dwarfs

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Two tiny monsters orbit each other with near-perfect geometry

A millisecond pulsar and a white dwarf in a very circular dance

Philip Plait

dustdust

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What can you tell about an astronomical image at a glance?

There’s a lot of cool info just sitting there in a gorgeous shot of a galaxy.

Philip Plait

exoplanetsexoplanets

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Lunar isotopes betray the Earth’s magnetic influence on the solar wind

That sounds like a line from a bad scifi movie

Philip Plait

Hubble Space TelescopeHubble Space Telescope

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A globular mystery, a Virgo triple, and an infinite mistake by me

A little something for everyone today

Philip Plait

mathmath

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A geometric shape that will destroy your brain

Gabriel’s Horn is bizarre and literally unrealistic. It’s also super cool.

Philip Plait

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