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MarsMars
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1000

1000

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

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
Hubble Space TelescopeHubble Space Telescope
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Hubble unscrambles the Egg Nebula

Hubble unscrambles the Egg Nebula

An amazing image of a dying star fried my brain

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
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How to feed a bouncing baby star: Let food fall directly on it

How to feed a bouncing baby star: Let food fall directly on it

A protostar has been found without a disk slowly feeding it

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
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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
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Stars are born in the heart
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Stars are born in the heart

A heart-shaped nebula, that is. Plus: cookie recipe!

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
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Powers of Chandra and JWST unite!
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Powers of Chandra and JWST unite!

The two great telescopes combine to make amazing science and gorgeous images

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
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A grammar note, and the magnificent chaos of Chamaeleon I

A grammar note, and the magnificent chaos of Chamaeleon I

A giant cloud of gas and dust lit by stars within will soothe your trouble soul

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
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Little Red Dots at the edge of the universe may be black holes powering gigantic balls of gas

Little Red Dots at the edge of the universe may be black holes powering gigantic balls of gas

These “Black Hole Stars” are theoretical, but do explain what we see

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
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A new moon for Uranus, and a new planetary system in the Trifid?
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A new moon for Uranus, and a new planetary system in the Trifid?

Two VERY cool pix for you today

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
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White Dwarf stars are dead, but they still feed... on planets
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White Dwarf stars are dead, but they still feed... on planets

Observations show a lot of these stars are actually zombies. Also: moving an Earth-threatening asteroid just got a bit harder

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
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The nebula comes on little cat feet

The nebula comes on little cat feet

Carl Sandburg wasn’t talking about a vast cloud of gas and dust, but the poem still works for the Cat’s Paw nebula

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
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A second star for Betelgeuse?!

A second star for Betelgeuse?!

Astronomers post a possible binary companion for the soon-to-be supernova

Philip Plait
Philip Plait