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Amateurs aid astronomers’ ammonia ascertainment, Lovely short flick about the Kármán Line
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Amateurs aid astronomers’ ammonia ascertainment, Lovely short flick about the Kármán Line

Jupiter’s clouds are now more easily mapped

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
exoplanetsexoplanets
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A dying planet divebombs its star

A dying planet divebombs its star

The planet flew a little too close to the sun

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
A woman hit by meteorite went on a game show. You won’t believe what she won.

A woman hit by meteorite went on a game show. You won’t believe what she won.

Seriously, times have changed since the 1950s. A lot. Also: Mount St. Helens from space!

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
solar systemsolar system
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Vesta is still full of surprises
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Vesta is still full of surprises

It’s not really an asteroid, nor maybe really a protoplanet.

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
solar systemsolar system
Has Planet 9 been found? Wellllllll...

Has Planet 9 been found? Wellllllll...

If real, an observation could be of another solar system planet. But it’s too preliminary to say yet.

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
A star ripped to shreds reveals a galaxy’s second black hole

A star ripped to shreds reveals a galaxy’s second black hole

Nothing about this story isn’t really big

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
Hubble Space TelescopeHubble Space Telescope
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An example of why being a skeptic has eternal job security

An example of why being a skeptic has eternal job security

White House press corps being stacked with believers in nonsense

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
astrophotographyastrophotography
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That one time I met some West Wingers
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That one time I met some West Wingers

It was worth the wait. Also, Congrats to Kerry-Ann Lecky Hepburn for getting an asteroid!

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
AstronomyAstronomy
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Is the WR 104 system pointing a gamma-ray burst at Earth? Probably not.

Is the WR 104 system pointing a gamma-ray burst at Earth? Probably not.

New observations indicate it’s aimed away from us

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
asteroidsasteroids
Pin the tail on the asteroid
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Pin the tail on the asteroid

Citizen science group is finding “active asteroids”

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
Goodbye, Meta. Also, a first planetary discovery for JWST

Goodbye, Meta. Also, a first planetary discovery for JWST

Waving bye-bye to Zuck’s domain, and a new (to us) planet is tugging on others in its system

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
UPDATE: Was *anything* seen from K2-18b? Also, a gorgeous galaxy for Hubble’s 35th

UPDATE: Was *anything* seen from K2-18b? Also, a gorgeous galaxy for Hubble’s 35th

New study shows no sign of chemicals at all from the exoplanet, let alone biosignatures

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
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