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BAN #190: Block Andromeda, Coyote alert

06 February 2020 Issue #190

BAN #409: Introducing Daisy!

14 March 2022 Issue #409

BAN #381: A comet and planets in the night sky

06 December 2021 Issue #381

Astronomers find two of the oldest building blocks of the Milky Way

They’re ancient remnants of stars from galaxies our own galaxy ate

Philip Plait

BAN #169: Venus and Jupiter make a pretty pair, Kill your Facebook account

25 November 2019 Issue #169

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A white dwarf may have been torn to shreds by a black hole

Just writing that sentence made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up

Philip Plait

BAN #391: Don’t Look Up review, Galaxy garden

10 January 2022 Issue #391

Has JWST spotted the most distant galaxy ever? Maaaaayyyyyybe. Maybe not.

At a redshift of 15, that would be trouble for our understanding of the Universe. But it might just be a closer galaxy trying to fool us.

Philip Plait