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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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Can we detect rings around exoplanets?
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Can we detect rings around exoplanets?

Also, more evidence that Mercury may not be as dead as we thought

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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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
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A new binary star exoplanet image, and a very cool five-point Einstein Cross
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A new binary star exoplanet image, and a very cool five-point Einstein Cross

See a direct image of the planet, and a quintuply gravitationally lensed galaxy

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
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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
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What is this tiny star doing with such a big planet?
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What is this tiny star doing with such a big planet?

A red dwarf is sporting a jovian planet, and that’s pretty weird

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
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The woman who discovered the first black hole

The woman who discovered the first black hole

Betty Webster is a name to remember. Also: more rogue binary jovians

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
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Another weird planetary system has been found

Another weird planetary system has been found

A binary star may have planets orbiting both stars

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
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An exoplanet reveals its star’s spotty face

An exoplanet reveals its star’s spotty face

Did you know other stars get sunspots? And we can find them via their planets?

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
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A baby planet is caught feeding
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A baby planet is caught feeding

AB Aurigae b is a young, massive planet still pulling material in to grow

Philip Plait
Philip Plait