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Star art: Kaleidocosmo
Stars are colorful, and this one weird trick shows how to photograph it
Sep 21
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Have we found indirect evidence of the very first stars to shine in the Universe?
These first stars were whoppers, and when they blew up they did so… differently.
Sep 19
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20k, Eclipse panel reminder, SciAm, and a pic of a spacecraft on the Moon (kinda)
Another milestone reached, stuff I wrote for a wonderful magazine, and NASA snaps a shot of an Indian spacecraft sitting on the lunar surface.
Sep 18
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Lucy spots Dinkinesh, NASA eclipse science, My homecoming
A space mission sees its first asteroidal target, I’m moderating a NASA panel about the upcoming eclipses, and we’re finally moving into our new home in…
Sep 14
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Goodbye, Twitter
Yeah, I’m done. Elon’s just awful.
Sep 12
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A massive galaxy cluster with massive galaxy collisions
On scales like these, the human brain tends to melt a bit.
Sep 11
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Almost done moving, a News Roundup, and, well, an otamatone (oh, just scroll down and read it)
Yeah, bit of a hash going on in today’s issue
Sep 7
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JWST’s view of the magnificently dusty skeletal arms of the spiral galaxy M51
Creepy, or beautiful? Why not both?
Sep 5
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Truly weird JWST images of a truly weird object: Supernova 1987A
We’ve been studying it for over 35 years and still don’t really understand it
Sep 4
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August 2023
2023's July the hottest on record, and how many asteroids get removed from the “hazardous” list
So, kindof a bad news/good news thing going on here
Aug 31
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Watch an alien planet orbit its star!
Seriously, it’s real. Also, some stinky climate news. Literally.
Aug 29
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A new comet might — might — get bright enough to see naked eye next month
Comets are notoriously fickle, but this one might be a good one
Aug 28
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