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miscellanymiscellany
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No aliens for Boyajian’s Star, and trees reach up to connect electrically with the sky
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No aliens for Boyajian’s Star, and trees reach up to connect electrically with the sky

The star seems to have settled its unsettling behavior down, and corona discharges from trees finally seen in the wild

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
supernovaesupernovae
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Record-breaking JWST observation shows the universe’s first stars were better alchemists than we thought

Record-breaking JWST observation shows the universe’s first stars were better alchemists than we thought

Astronomers find more oxygen than expected in an incredibly distant galaxy

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
MarsMars
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Farewell Mars, and bigger black holes form by eating each other

Farewell Mars, and bigger black holes form by eating each other

Psyche takes a parting shot of the red planet; black holes in the “mass gap” form by merging two smaller black holes

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
exoplanetsexoplanets
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A new mini-moon for Earth next year, two moon-sized exoworlds collided
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A new mini-moon for Earth next year, two moon-sized exoworlds collided

We get a second moon, kinda, for a week in 2027. Also, a cosmic train wreck around another star

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
miscellanymiscellany
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CAPTCHA, ergo sum

CAPTCHA, ergo sum

I guess robots don’t know about Planck’s Law

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
supernovaesupernovae
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A low-mass star is screaming past us. Was it spat out by a supermassive black hole?
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A low-mass star is screaming past us. Was it spat out by a supermassive black hole?

It’s moving at 1.6 million kilometers per hour, and may be falling back into the galaxy

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
MarsMars
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Psyche peeks at Mars before a gravitational rendezvous

Psyche peeks at Mars before a gravitational rendezvous

Also: The world is leaving the US behind in solar and wind power

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
exoplanetsexoplanets
Astronomers find over ten thousand potential new exoplanets

Astronomers find over ten thousand potential new exoplanets

If confirmed, this will more than double the number known

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
exoplanetsexoplanets
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Hey, is that a failed star or a super-successful planet?

Hey, is that a failed star or a super-successful planet?

Astronomers find lightweight brown dwarfs can form like planets

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
miscellanymiscellany
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The metric system is great, except when it isn’t
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The metric system is great, except when it isn’t

In which I am a millipedant

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
miscellanymiscellany
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Dimming the sun is probably a very bad idea

Dimming the sun is probably a very bad idea

Global warming is a massive problem, but let’s not play games with our only planet’s ecosphere

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
cosmologycosmology
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Is there more than one kind of dark matter?

Is there more than one kind of dark matter?

New research implies it could be as rich in particles as normal matter

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
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