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Hubble Space TelescopeHubble Space Telescope
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A black hole finally found in Omega Centauri

A black hole finally found in Omega Centauri

The spectacular cluster has been the target for the search for a while now

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
exoplanetsexoplanets
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A third planet for the nearby star Beta Pictoris!

A third planet for the nearby star Beta Pictoris!

The gas giant has been hiding in plain sight for over a decade

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
brown dwarfsbrown dwarfs
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Citizen scientists find over 3,000 nearby brown dwarfs

Citizen scientists find over 3,000 nearby brown dwarfs

No kidding, that’s a lot of brown dwarfs

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
exoplanetsexoplanets
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Aphelion day! And a subscription sale!

Aphelion day! And a subscription sale!

Earth is as far from the sun as it gets all year. Plus, a planet found by relativity.

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
Hubble Space TelescopeHubble Space Telescope
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Crabiversary issue, Two brown dwarfs may soon become one

Crabiversary issue, Two brown dwarfs may soon become one

Just a fun tip o’ the hat to a great gas cloud, and a brown dwarf is eating another one and may become a star

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
exoplanetsexoplanets
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Dinky stars don’t make giant planets, or even middle-sized giants
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Dinky stars don’t make giant planets, or even middle-sized giants

Low-mass red dwarfs show a paucity of mini-Neptunes. It’s not clear why.

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
miscellanymiscellany
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Space is way bigger than you think

Space is way bigger than you think

Go ahead and think about it. Nope, it’s bigger. Try again. Nope, still too small. This game can go on a long time.

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
dustdust
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JWST sees massive stars clearing away their dusty, gaseous birth blankets

JWST sees massive stars clearing away their dusty, gaseous birth blankets

A survey of four nearby galaxies reveals important details on how these beasts are born

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
miscellanymiscellany
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No aliens for Boyajian’s Star, and trees reach up to connect electrically with the sky
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No aliens for Boyajian’s Star, and trees reach up to connect electrically with the sky

The star seems to have settled its unsettling behavior down, and corona discharges from trees finally seen in the wild

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
supernovaesupernovae
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Record-breaking JWST observation shows the universe’s first stars were better alchemists than we thought

Record-breaking JWST observation shows the universe’s first stars were better alchemists than we thought

Astronomers find more oxygen than expected in an incredibly distant galaxy

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
supernovaesupernovae
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A low-mass star is screaming past us. Was it spat out by a supermassive black hole?
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A low-mass star is screaming past us. Was it spat out by a supermassive black hole?

It’s moving at 1.6 million kilometers per hour, and may be falling back into the galaxy

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
exoplanetsexoplanets
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Hey, is that a failed star or a super-successful planet?

Hey, is that a failed star or a super-successful planet?

Astronomers find lightweight brown dwarfs can form like planets

Philip Plait
Philip Plait