Instead of a massive collision shattering the impactor, it may have merely allowed Pluto to hang out with it a little while before forming an actual moon
Views from both telescopes let us compare and contrast a cosmic collision
Hey, look, nature is the one creating the circumstances for these analogies. I’m just pointing them out.
Do not trust AI. It sucks. Also, a weird planet orbiting its star at a weird angle.
Maaaaaaybe. The Giant Impact hypothesis still reigns, but it’s worth looking at other ideas
Just some short science news items
The incredible gamma-ray burst hunter launched into orbit 20 years ago
Using STIS, my old camera on Hubble, astronomers have taken the best look yet at a nearby quasar
The dance of gravity reveals the Jovian moon doesn’t have a global undersurface magma ocean
Two stars found to come with a black hole, and a gorgeous unearthly sunrise
A new image of an old supernova show strange structures like long, thin, vaporous fingers
Don’t ever tell me to stick to astronomy. Plus images from a late great infrared mission and, also, my dog
