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supernovaesupernovae
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JWST observed an immense gamma-ray burst from a very long time ago
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JWST observed an immense gamma-ray burst from a very long time ago

An incredibly powerful explosion reached out to us from across the Universe

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
miscellanymiscellany
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Diet Hard

Diet Hard

A physics-based approach to nutrition is at best only mildly helpful

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
MarsMars
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A Red Planet Holiday

A Red Planet Holiday

A mind-blowing image of Mars taken from above the planet itself

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
exoplanetsexoplanets
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Today’s the day. Or is it?

Today’s the day. Or is it?

It depends on what you mean by “day”. Also, old stars eat their planets!

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
Hubble Space TelescopeHubble Space Telescope
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Happy solstice, and a gorgeous galaxy with which to measure the Universe

Happy solstice, and a gorgeous galaxy with which to measure the Universe

The longest night is now behind us, and a Hubble image of a galaxy used as a ruler

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
EarthEarth
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Today our planet will not be destroyed. Probably.

Today our planet will not be destroyed. Probably.

I mean, no promises. But it won’t be because the Maya predicted it.

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
exoplanetsexoplanets
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A new binary star exoplanet image, and a very cool five-point Einstein Cross
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A new binary star exoplanet image, and a very cool five-point Einstein Cross

See a direct image of the planet, and a quintuply gravitationally lensed galaxy

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
astrophotographyastrophotography
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Mystery solved? Baffling huge nebula near Andromeda Galaxy is actually in our neighborhood

Mystery solved? Baffling huge nebula near Andromeda Galaxy is actually in our neighborhood

Weird arcing cloud of oxygen is most likely part of the Milky Way, not our giant neighbor

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
star clustersstar clusters
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Watch the Geminids! And a cluster’s stars swirl down the drain.

Watch the Geminids! And a cluster’s stars swirl down the drain.

A great meteor shower for the weekend, and a gorgeous star cluster slowly spins

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
exoplanetsexoplanets
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JWST watches a planet leak its atmosphere into space. Plus you need to watch “12 Monkeys”
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JWST watches a planet leak its atmosphere into space. Plus you need to watch “12 Monkeys”

The planet’s air is puffed up and flying away. Also, the “12 Monkeys” TV series is excellent time travel scifi

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
Hubble Space TelescopeHubble Space Telescope
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Roman Space Telescope finishes construction, and a new discovery record for space rocks

Roman Space Telescope finishes construction, and a new discovery record for space rocks

The new space observatory is now ready to launch, and 40,000 near-Earth objects have now been found

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
climate changeclimate change
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SOHO’s 30th year in space, and climate change induced earthquakes?

SOHO’s 30th year in space, and climate change induced earthquakes?

Three decades of watching the Sun, plus an interesting correlation between climate and quakes

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
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