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A new and very cool JWST image of colliding galaxies looks like a penguin

A new and very cool JWST image of colliding galaxies looks like a penguin

It’s also a cautionary tale on letting go of bad ideas. Bonus: fun math!

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
BAN #261: Podcast interviews on mistakes and dinosaurs, Bits of Venus on the Moon

BAN #261: Podcast interviews on mistakes and dinosaurs, Bits of Venus on the Moon

12 October 2020 Issue #261

BAN #437: Solstice tonight, What is a woman?, Art of Science

BAN #437: Solstice tonight, What is a woman?, Art of Science

20 June 2022 Issue #437

UFOs, icy moon life, and how the biggest climate catastrophe in Earth’s history played out

UFOs, icy moon life, and how the biggest climate catastrophe in Earth’s history played out

If you claim aliens, I want evidence.

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
BAN #371: The Apollo Murders, Killers of the Cosmos

BAN #371: The Apollo Murders, Killers of the Cosmos

1 November 2021 Issue #371

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A spider web a million trillion kilometers wide: JWST’s view of IC 5332 (1)

A spider web a million trillion kilometers wide: JWST’s view of IC 5332 (1)

Also: How many near-Earth asteroids have been visited by spacecraft?

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
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A spider web a million trillion kilometers wide: JWST’s view of IC 5332
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A spider web a million trillion kilometers wide: JWST’s view of IC 5332

Also: How many near-Earth asteroids have been visited by spacecraft?

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
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I got COVID, and a fast radio burst progenitor found?

I got COVID, and a fast radio burst progenitor found?

So, some good and bad news.

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
BAN #251: VOTE, dammit

BAN #251: VOTE, dammit

7 September 2020 Issue #251

BAN #361: The sheer power of an erupting volcano, Name an ALMA dish

BAN #361: The sheer power of an erupting volcano, Name an ALMA dish

27 September 2021 Issue #361

Breaking astronomy news: The background hum of the Universe is finally revealed!

Breaking astronomy news: The background hum of the Universe is finally revealed!

The gravitational wave background, long theorized to exist, has been detected

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