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An undersea volcano erupts! Plus asteroids, moons, and heavy elements

An undersea volcano erupts! Plus asteroids, moons, and heavy elements

This is an astronomy newsletter, so I gotta cover a lot of ground. And ocean. And sky.

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
BAN #134: Rubin’s telescope, Sentinel’s Fuji
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BAN #134: Rubin’s telescope, Sentinel’s Fuji

July 25, 2019 Issue #134

BAN #208: Zombie fic, Sand dune movement video

BAN #208: Zombie fic, Sand dune movement video

9 April 2020 Issue #208

BAN #233: A new comet to watch, watching your language

BAN #233: A new comet to watch, watching your language

6 July 2020 Issue #233

BAN #365: Talk at NWU Thursday, Big beautiful spiral galaxy

BAN #365: Talk at NWU Thursday, Big beautiful spiral galaxy

11 October 2021 Issue #365

BAN #369: Spooky live interview, Protoplanet landslide

BAN #369: Spooky live interview, Protoplanet landslide

25 October 2021 Issue #369

BAN #433: Bagana volcano from spaaaace, Crash Course Coins

BAN #433: Bagana volcano from spaaaace, Crash Course Coins

6 June 2022 Issue #433

Why is our local supermassive black hole spinning off-kilter?

Why is our local supermassive black hole spinning off-kilter?

Sgr A* is misaligned with the galaxy. An ancient collision may have knocked it off balance.

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
An amazing image of Io, Jupiter’s tortured hell-moon

An amazing image of Io, Jupiter’s tortured hell-moon

We can get pretty cool shots of tiny, distant objects from Earth sometimes

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
BAN #330: South pole time-lapse, Voyager 1 rides the waves
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BAN #330: South pole time-lapse, Voyager 1 rides the waves

10 June 2021 Issue #330

BAN #336: Astronaut astronomers, Pelicans snoozing
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BAN #336: Astronaut astronomers, Pelicans snoozing

01 July 2021 Issue #336

NASA Pi Day math, and a weird but lovely nebula
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NASA Pi Day math, and a weird but lovely nebula

March 14, 2023 Issue #538

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