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Hubble Space TelescopeHubble Space Telescope
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Is the most distant star ever seen really a star at all?

Is the most distant star ever seen really a star at all?

Also, a new moon for Quaoar! Maybe!

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
exoplanetsexoplanets
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A new moon for Uranus, and a new planetary system in the Trifid?
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A new moon for Uranus, and a new planetary system in the Trifid?

Two VERY cool pix for you today

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
PoliticsPolitics
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Did a smaller but still giant black hole recently merge with the one at the center of our galaxy?

Did a smaller but still giant black hole recently merge with the one at the center of our galaxy?

Also: RFK Jr. needs to be impeached

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
astrophotographyastrophotography
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A narrow view of the Rosette Nebula

A narrow view of the Rosette Nebula

A spectacular new shot of the gas cloud reveals why astronomers use filters

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
exoplanetsexoplanets
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A newly forming planet minds the gap
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A newly forming planet minds the gap

A planet is seen for the first time in a gap between rings of material around a young star

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
astrophotographyastrophotography
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It’s an umbrella, but it’s a hundred thousand light-years long

It’s an umbrella, but it’s a hundred thousand light-years long

Galaxy collisions do really weird things

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
solar systemsolar system
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A portrait of our planet and moon from across the solar system

A portrait of our planet and moon from across the solar system

Psyche snaps Earth and Moon, I’m talking to teachers in Texas, and a newly discovered impact crater in India

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
NASANASA
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Extending the life of NASA’s Swift mission by boosting its orbit
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Extending the life of NASA’s Swift mission by boosting its orbit

The iconic mission may burn up if we don’t give it a lift. Plus: light pollution is affecting birds’ days

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
asteroidsasteroids
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A brown dwarf reveals its mass
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A brown dwarf reveals its mass

Plus: Are Fast Radio Bursts caused by asteroids slamming into neutron stars?

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
solar systemsolar system
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Impeach RFK Jr.

Impeach RFK Jr.

Also, a jaunt through old issues of Scientific American in search of Neptune

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
supernovaesupernovae
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A star may have exploded when it ate a black hole
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A star may have exploded when it ate a black hole

Everything about this story is awesome and terrifying

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
exoplanetsexoplanets
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Puffy exoplanets are cool, and that’s a problem

Puffy exoplanets are cool, and that’s a problem

Two extra-inflated gas giants are defying explanation. Plus my book in Chinese, and why are supermassive black holes so big so early?

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
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