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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
Hubble Space TelescopeHubble Space Telescope
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An incredible JWST image of an immense city of galaxies

An incredible JWST image of an immense city of galaxies

Abell S1063 is a jaw-dropping example of the power of the big telescope

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
exoplanetsexoplanets
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A planet for Alpha Centauri A?

A planet for Alpha Centauri A?

JWST spots what might be a Jupiter-sized world around the nearest Sun-like star

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
supernovaesupernovae
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What triggers lightning? Exploding stars.

What triggers lightning? Exploding stars.

And also black holes. Yes, seriously.

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
galaxy clustersgalaxy clusters
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A SUPER supermassive black hole

A SUPER supermassive black hole

The central black hole in the galaxy Holmberg 15A is very, very beefy

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
exoplanetsexoplanets
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White Dwarf stars are dead, but they still feed... on planets
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White Dwarf stars are dead, but they still feed... on planets

Observations show a lot of these stars are actually zombies. Also: moving an Earth-threatening asteroid just got a bit harder

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
dustdust
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The nebula comes on little cat feet

The nebula comes on little cat feet

Carl Sandburg wasn’t talking about a vast cloud of gas and dust, but the poem still works for the Cat’s Paw nebula

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
supernovaesupernovae
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A second star for Betelgeuse?!

A second star for Betelgeuse?!

Astronomers post a possible binary companion for the soon-to-be supernova

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
exoplanetsexoplanets
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JWST directly images a cold exoplanet, the Flyeye asteroid hunter is now online
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JWST directly images a cold exoplanet, the Flyeye asteroid hunter is now online

14 Her c is around our same age, and ESA has a new telescope to look for space rocks

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
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