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exoplanetsexoplanets
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A third planet for the nearby star Beta Pictoris!

A third planet for the nearby star Beta Pictoris!

The gas giant has been hiding in plain sight for over a decade

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
NASANASA
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NASA leader ignores safety rules to joy ride in a fighter jet over DC, and astronomers find Milky Way’s black hole wind
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NASA leader ignores safety rules to joy ride in a fighter jet over DC, and astronomers find Milky Way’s black hole wind

FAA objected to Jared Isaacman’s dangerous flight. Also, an elusive wind of particles from Sgr A* has finally been detected

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
brown dwarfsbrown dwarfs
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Citizen scientists find over 3,000 nearby brown dwarfs

Citizen scientists find over 3,000 nearby brown dwarfs

No kidding, that’s a lot of brown dwarfs

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
cometscomets
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Two more asteroids seen up close

Two more asteroids seen up close

And they’re very different from each other. Plus: Swift boost mission launches

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
black holesblack holes
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31 ancient quasars found, showing us what the baby universe was like
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31 ancient quasars found, showing us what the baby universe was like

This doubles the number of these super-distant beasts previously known

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
exoplanetsexoplanets
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Aphelion day! And a subscription sale!

Aphelion day! And a subscription sale!

Earth is as far from the sun as it gets all year. Plus, a planet found by relativity.

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
solar systemsolar system
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The immense Vera C. Rubin sky survey has begun!

The immense Vera C. Rubin sky survey has begun!

This will be a huge game changer for astronomy

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
Hubble Space TelescopeHubble Space Telescope
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Another tiny galaxy found WITHOUT dark matter
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Another tiny galaxy found WITHOUT dark matter

The invisible material is ubiquitous, so finding a galaxy without it is pretty weird

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
Hubble Space TelescopeHubble Space Telescope
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Another JWST jaw-dropper: a galaxy that looks like it’s exploding but is actually doing the opposite

Another JWST jaw-dropper: a galaxy that looks like it’s exploding but is actually doing the opposite

M82 is really just doing what galaxies do: making lots and lots of stars

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
Hubble Space TelescopeHubble Space Telescope
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Crabiversary issue, Two brown dwarfs may soon become one

Crabiversary issue, Two brown dwarfs may soon become one

Just a fun tip o’ the hat to a great gas cloud, and a brown dwarf is eating another one and may become a star

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
Hubble Space TelescopeHubble Space Telescope
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A spiral galaxy whizzes through the Virgo Cluster
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A spiral galaxy whizzes through the Virgo Cluster

M88 looks a bit — and kinda sorta acts a bit — like a cosmic buzz saw

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
solar systemsolar system
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Jupiter is (ever so slightly) less gigantic than we thought!

Jupiter is (ever so slightly) less gigantic than we thought!

Maybe it should eat some naan pizza.

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
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