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the Sunthe Sun

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The dimming profiles of the faces of stars

Actual resolved images of nearby stars show how they fade near their edges

Philip Plait

white dwarfswhite dwarfs

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Two different binary stars plow through space, creating huge waves

Like a ship through water, they’re pushing the gas between stars aside

Philip Plait

cosmologycosmology

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An amazing JWST image of a not-so-lonely galaxy

Also: Come see me talk in Florida next week!

Philip Plait

MarsMars

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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

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Boo! Celebrate the holiday with an interstellar imp

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

Philip Plait

miscellanymiscellany

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Your birthday on other planets, Fark, and Asteroid Alyankovic

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

Philip Plait

MarsMars

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An X-ray tribute to Swift

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

Philip Plait

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

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