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black holesblack holes
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Did our local supermassive black hole recently eat its little sibling?

Did our local supermassive black hole recently eat its little sibling?

Indirect evidence suggests a smaller black hole orbited the much, much larger one

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
Hubble Space TelescopeHubble Space Telescope
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A second look at a spectacular galactic collision; Curiosity from Mars orbit
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A second look at a spectacular galactic collision; Curiosity from Mars orbit

Two very cool images for you today

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
asteroidsasteroids
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Taurus in 3D!

Taurus in 3D!

Cool animation does a big circle around a nearby star cluster

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
NASANASA
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Trump threatens to eviscerate NASA

Trump threatens to eviscerate NASA

The Presidential budget proposal is a death sentence for the space agency

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
EarthEarth
Gamma rays seen from lightning may finally be explained
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Gamma rays seen from lightning may finally be explained

Lightning is Earth’s own natural particle accelerator

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
solar systemsolar system
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Astronomers find a new denizen in the deep black of the solar system

Astronomers find a new denizen in the deep black of the solar system

2017 OF201 is a giant iceball far, far beyond Neptune...and it complicates things for Planet Nine

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
galaxiesgalaxies
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The Big Wheel galaxy is way too big to exist when it did

The Big Wheel galaxy is way too big to exist when it did

It’s seen a couple of billion years after the Universe itself got started

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
solar systemsolar system
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Amateurs aid astronomers’ ammonia ascertainment, Lovely short flick about the Kármán Line
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Amateurs aid astronomers’ ammonia ascertainment, Lovely short flick about the Kármán Line

Jupiter’s clouds are now more easily mapped

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
exoplanetsexoplanets
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A dying planet divebombs its star

A dying planet divebombs its star

The planet flew a little too close to the sun

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
A woman hit by meteorite went on a game show. You won’t believe what she won.

A woman hit by meteorite went on a game show. You won’t believe what she won.

Seriously, times have changed since the 1950s. A lot. Also: Mount St. Helens from space!

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
solar systemsolar system
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Vesta is still full of surprises
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Vesta is still full of surprises

It’s not really an asteroid, nor maybe really a protoplanet.

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
solar systemsolar system
Has Planet 9 been found? Wellllllll...

Has Planet 9 been found? Wellllllll...

If real, an observation could be of another solar system planet. But it’s too preliminary to say yet.

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
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