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Phil Plait

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Two huge eruptions of material are streaming out of the Milky Way, seen in gamma rays by the Fermi space telescope. Credit: Ettore Carretti, CSIRO (radio image); S-PASS survey team (radio data); Axel Mellinger, Central Michigan University (optical image);

The Milky Way's Old (and Huge) Faithfuls

By Phil Plait 13 years ago
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It's All Uphill From Here: The Earth at Perihelion

By Phil Plait 13 years ago
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The Sun Does a Dance on New Year’s Eve

By Phil Plait 13 years ago
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Happy Restart of the Earth's Tropical Orbital Period!

By Phil Plait 13 years ago
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On Approach to the New Year

By Phil Plait 13 years ago
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The Earth’s Story in 60 Seconds

By Phil Plait 13 years ago
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“Sun Storm” Airs on Discovery Channel Tonight, Dec. 30

By Phil Plait 13 years ago
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When the Moon Ate Jupiter

By Phil Plait 13 years ago
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Today’s Full Moon is the 13th and Last of 2012

By Phil Plait 13 years ago
Artwork of a huge blast of energy from a magnetar. Credit: NASA

Anniversary of a Cosmic Blast

By Phil Plait 13 years ago
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A Grasshopper’s Leap

By Phil Plait 13 years ago
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Milky Way, Meteor, Meteorology

By Phil Plait 13 years ago
The massive star Zeta Oph making waves. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Happy Holidays from the Whole Universe

By Phil Plait 13 years ago
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Contact: Fact or Fictional?   

By Phil Plait 13 years ago
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A Dying Star Shoots Out a Cosmic Enigma

By Phil Plait 13 years ago
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A Smoke Ring and a Shooting Star

By Phil Plait 13 years ago
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My TEDx Talk About Asteroid Impacts Featured on Huffington Post

By Phil Plait 13 years ago
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Phew! One Less Asteroid Impact to Worry About

By Phil Plait 13 years ago
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Happy Winter Solstice!

By Phil Plait 13 years ago
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The Ghost of Doomsdays Past

By Phil Plait 13 years ago
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