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Just cool stuff all around (except for the bone loss, that sucks)
How did this exoplanet wind up orbiting its star backwards?
A supernova in the year 1181 produced the spectacular Pa 30 nebula
Interpreting JWST data can be tricky
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
