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MarsMars

+6+6

Swift is gone, but UVEX rises

Also: New Starlog, and Mars may yet be geologically active

Philip Plait

neutron starsneutron stars

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Did we witness the birth of a magnetar?

Also: Star Trek loses two icons

Philip Plait

solar systemsolar system

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A new dwarf planet for the solar system. Probably.

2026 ED138 is a wee icy rock way out past Neptune

Philip Plait

MarsMars

+10+10

Boo! Celebrate the holiday with an interstellar imp

A fun JWST image looks like, well, see for yourself.

Philip Plait

miscellanymiscellany

+5+5

Your birthday on other planets, Fark, and Asteroid Alyankovic

Also: Scientists trap anti-matter! Well, one positron, but still: cool

Philip Plait

MarsMars

+6+6

An X-ray tribute to Swift

A beautiful ultraviolet mosaic of galaxies to commemorate a great mission. Also: Sunrise on Mars

Philip Plait

exoplanetsexoplanets

+4+4

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

+3+3

Euclid spies its first new comet

Plus: Why doesn’t Venus have a moon?

Philip Plait

supernovaesupernovae

+7+7

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

+3+3

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

+5+5

A swiftly tilted planet

How did this exoplanet wind up orbiting its star backwards?

Philip Plait

supernovaesupernovae

+5+5

An incredible image of a celestial fireworks display

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

Philip Plait

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