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Fun health issue!
Oct 21, 2025

Fun health issue!

Update on my COVID, and how chemistry and physics help an inflamed tendon

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
Fast Radio BurstsFast Radio Bursts
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I got COVID, and a fast radio burst progenitor found?
Oct 14, 2025

I got COVID, and a fast radio burst progenitor found?

So, some good and bad news.

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
the Sunthe Sun
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Star cluster vs. giant molecular cloud: who wins?
Oct 13, 2025

Star cluster vs. giant molecular cloud: who wins?

The answer surprised me, and I do so love being surprised.

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
exoplanetsexoplanets
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An exoplanet reveals its star’s spotty face
Oct 02, 2025

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
exoplanetsexoplanets
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A baby planet is caught feeding
Sep 30, 2025
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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
exoplanetsexoplanets
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Looking for air around TRAPPIST-1’s planets
Sep 23, 2025

Looking for air around TRAPPIST-1’s planets

Two more planets observed have ambiguous results, showing how difficult this is to determine

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
exoplanetsexoplanets
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Astronomers found a dead star that might be munching on a Pluto-like planet
Sep 22, 2025

Astronomers found a dead star that might be munching on a Pluto-like planet

Yeah, some stories are just cooler than others

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
dustdust
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A grammar note, and the magnificent chaos of Chamaeleon I
Sep 16, 2025

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
dustdust
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Little Red Dots at the edge of the universe may be black holes powering gigantic balls of gas
Sep 15, 2025

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
Hubble Space TelescopeHubble Space Telescope
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Is the most distant star ever seen really a star at all?
Sep 08, 2025

Is the most distant star ever seen really a star at all?

Also, a new moon for Quaoar! Maybe!

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
exoplanetsexoplanets
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A new moon for Uranus, and a new planetary system in the Trifid?
Sep 04, 2025
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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
PoliticsPolitics
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Did a smaller but still giant black hole recently merge with the one at the center of our galaxy?
Sep 02, 2025

Did a smaller but still giant black hole recently merge with the one at the center of our galaxy?

Also: RFK Jr. needs to be impeached

Philip Plait
Philip Plait
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