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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
Hubble Space TelescopeHubble Space Telescope
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Roman Space Telescope finishes construction, and a new discovery record for space rocks

Roman Space Telescope finishes construction, and a new discovery record for space rocks

The new space observatory is now ready to launch, and 40,000 near-Earth objects have now been found

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
MarsMars
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Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS seen from Mars!
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Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS seen from Mars!

Also, it’s spouting water, exactly like a spaceship wouldn’t

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
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Cursed math and astronomical inclusivity

Cursed math and astronomical inclusivity

In which I write about xkcd and JWST

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
climate changeclimate change
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The Sun’s south pole seen for the first time!

The Sun’s south pole seen for the first time!

Previously hidden by geometry, the Sun’s austral pole is revealed. Bonus: some (rare) good climate news!

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
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Could asteroid 2024 YR 4 hit the Moon? And it’s way past time to take space debris seriously

Could asteroid 2024 YR 4 hit the Moon? And it’s way past time to take space debris seriously

Space is dangerous, y’all

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
MarsMars
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Hera flies by Mars’s moon Deimos

Hera flies by Mars’s moon Deimos

The spacecraft took some pretty cool shots of the tiny, lumpy moon

Philip Plait
Philip Plait