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The astronomer who discovered what the universe was made of

The astronomer who discovered what the universe was made of

Cecelia Payne-Gaposchkin was an amazing scientist, and her work wasn’t all that long ago

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
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How incomplete are we?
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How incomplete are we?

Completeness is an important concept for surveys in astronomy

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Philip Plait
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Does scifi exist in a scifi universe?

Does scifi exist in a scifi universe?

A fun rabbit hole pondering of a metatopic

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Philip Plait
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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!

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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?

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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?

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Philip Plait
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A galaxy collision got me digging, Goodbye Tiktok, Project for Awesome

A galaxy collision got me digging, Goodbye Tiktok, Project for Awesome

Sometimes mistakes lead to cool astronomy stuff.

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Philip Plait
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A faint stream of stars is being pulled out of the nearby galaxy M61
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A faint stream of stars is being pulled out of the nearby galaxy M61

Also: a free audiobook featuring my dulcet voicebox

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Philip Plait
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No, you weren’t hit by 50,000 volts

No, you weren’t hit by 50,000 volts

A rant about the misuse of scientific units

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Philip Plait
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Diet Hard

Diet Hard

A physics-based approach to nutrition is at best only mildly helpful

Philip Plait
Philip Plait