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exoplanetsexoplanets
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How big are the liquid methane waves on Titan? And another Voyager 1 instrument turned off

How big are the liquid methane waves on Titan? And another Voyager 1 instrument turned off

Very cool research shows just how gnarly surfing is on other worlds, and a venerable spacecraft is losing power rapidly

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
solar systemsolar system
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Rubin bags 11,000 new asteroids!

Rubin bags 11,000 new asteroids!

This is just the beginning, too. There are more millions more out there waiting to be seen.

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
dustdust
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Happy 2^10th / 8th anniversary issue! To celebrate, here’s a DEEP discount.

Happy 2^10th / 8th anniversary issue! To celebrate, here’s a DEEP discount.

Plus: A jaw-dropping star-forming nebula courtesy of JWST

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
Hubble Space TelescopeHubble Space Telescope
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Another gorgeous Hubble galaxy, but it has many secrets
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Another gorgeous Hubble galaxy, but it has many secrets

NGC 7722 is a weird hybrid of galaxy types. What does that tell us?

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
miscellanymiscellany
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Our Milky Way’s supermassive black hole has a hiccuppy past

Our Milky Way’s supermassive black hole has a hiccuppy past

It may erupt every few centuries, but don’t panic!

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
MarsMars
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1000

1000

This is the 1000th issue of this newsletter! Plus: lightning on Mars!

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
MarsMars
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A Red Planet Holiday

A Red Planet Holiday

A mind-blowing image of Mars taken from above the planet itself

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
exoplanetsexoplanets
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Today’s the day. Or is it?

Today’s the day. Or is it?

It depends on what you mean by “day”. Also, old stars eat their planets!

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
astrophotographyastrophotography
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Mystery solved? Baffling huge nebula near Andromeda Galaxy is actually in our neighborhood

Mystery solved? Baffling huge nebula near Andromeda Galaxy is actually in our neighborhood

Weird arcing cloud of oxygen is most likely part of the Milky Way, not our giant neighbor

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
star clustersstar clusters
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Watch the Geminids! And a cluster’s stars swirl down the drain.

Watch the Geminids! And a cluster’s stars swirl down the drain.

A great meteor shower for the weekend, and a gorgeous star cluster slowly spins

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
climate changeclimate change
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SOHO’s 30th year in space, and climate change induced earthquakes?

SOHO’s 30th year in space, and climate change induced earthquakes?

Three decades of watching the Sun, plus an interesting correlation between climate and quakes

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
supernovaesupernovae
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A ridiculously jaw-dropping JWST image of a fantastically terrifying star system

A ridiculously jaw-dropping JWST image of a fantastically terrifying star system

Apep consists of three immense and immensely powerful stars blasting out a fierce dusty wind

Philip Plait
Philip Plait