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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
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A galaxy aflame!

A galaxy aflame!

JWST image of NGC 5134 is fire. Also, using real AI to find galaxies.

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
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Two JWST stories: an incredible nebula/star cluster image, and a map of dark matter

Two JWST stories: an incredible nebula/star cluster image, and a map of dark matter

Westerlund 2 is a feast for the eyes, and the dark matter map a feast for the brain

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
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The Red Spider Nebula: JWST’s view of gorgeously dying star

The Red Spider Nebula: JWST’s view of gorgeously dying star

In stellar death lies great beauty, and amazing science

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
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Watch a supernova explosion sweep through space
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Watch a supernova explosion sweep through space

Animation shows X-rays from an exploded star as it expands over the decades

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
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An egg-shaped planet orbits a death star

An egg-shaped planet orbits a death star

And that’s not the only thing weird about it

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
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A spider web a million trillion kilometers wide: JWST’s view of IC 5332 (1)

A spider web a million trillion kilometers wide: JWST’s view of IC 5332 (1)

Also: How many near-Earth asteroids have been visited by spacecraft?

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
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A spider web a million trillion kilometers wide: JWST’s view of IC 5332
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A spider web a million trillion kilometers wide: JWST’s view of IC 5332

Also: How many near-Earth asteroids have been visited by spacecraft?

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
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Inside the Helix Nebula: JWST image shows thousands of creepy fingers around a dying star

Inside the Helix Nebula: JWST image shows thousands of creepy fingers around a dying star

Plus: My 200th article for Scientific American

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
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A black hole’s one-fifth lightspeed belch, and JWST finds a lava planet with an atmosphere

A black hole’s one-fifth lightspeed belch, and JWST finds a lava planet with an atmosphere

An incredibly fast wind from a black hole, and a super-hot super-Earth may have a broiling atmosphere, too

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
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JWST observed an immense gamma-ray burst from a very long time ago
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JWST observed an immense gamma-ray burst from a very long time ago

An incredibly powerful explosion reached out to us from across the Universe

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
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JWST watches a planet leak its atmosphere into space. Plus you need to watch “12 Monkeys”
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JWST watches a planet leak its atmosphere into space. Plus you need to watch “12 Monkeys”

The planet’s air is puffed up and flying away. Also, the “12 Monkeys” TV series is excellent time travel scifi

Philip Plait
Philip Plait