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exoplanetsexoplanets

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Another weird planetary system has been found

A binary star may have planets orbiting both stars

Philip Plait

supernovaesupernovae

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One last stellar belch before exploding

The red supergiant star DFK 52 erupted gas and will soon go supernova

Philip Plait

Hubble Space TelescopeHubble Space Telescope

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NGC 3370: Stepladder to the Universe

Also, it’s a very pretty spiral galaxy

Philip Plait

solar systemsolar system

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A wee asteroid came VERY close to us last week

Plus, Rubin is going to find a lot more

Philip Plait

cosmologycosmology

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A Little Red Dot may be a mostly naked supermassive black hole

This has implications for how such behemoths form in the first place

Philip Plait

Kim Kardashian and the Apollo Moon Hoax

Oh god, THIS again?!

Philip Plait

white dwarfswhite dwarfs

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When the sky sees YOU

Sometimes when you stare into the abyss a spooky alien nebula stares back

Philip Plait

climate changeclimate change

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A new minimoon for Earth may be a Chinese lunar mission

Also, Earth is getting darker, which is never a good sign

Philip Plait

cometscomets

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AMAZING image: Comet Lemmon encounters a meteor, kinda.

Also, a spinny new target for the asteroid-hunting mission Hayabusa2

Philip Plait

meteoritesmeteorites

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Did space debris hit an airplane? No, but some did hit Australia.

Two stories of space debris, one real, one not

Philip Plait

About meAbout me

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Fun health issue!

Update on my COVID, and how chemistry and physics help an inflamed tendon

Philip Plait

supernovaesupernovae

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Yup. Young-Earth creationists are still wrong.

A claimed lack of supernovae explodes in their faces

Philip Plait

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