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Also, a small galaxy may be currently ramming through the Milky Way, so there’s that too
And that’s not the only thing weird about it
This is the 1000th issue of this newsletter! Plus: lightning on Mars!
A long undersurface tunnel discovered in old NASA data
An amazing image of a dying star fried my brain
The comet may get very bright, but who knows?
Also: How many near-Earth asteroids have been visited by spacecraft?
Picking your colors carefully reveals rich science
In 1995 it slewed almost too close to the Sun
Also, more evidence that Mercury may not be as dead as we thought
Sometimes mistakes lead to cool astronomy stuff.