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Black hole binary

Merging black holes show us what happens when galaxies collide

A glimpse into our own galaxy's future.
By Cassidy Ward 8 months ago
The young star AS 209

A still-forming exoplanet predicted to exist is found in exactly the right spot

AS 209's Jupiter-sized planet seen stirring things up around the young star
By Phil Plait 1 year ago
Artwork showing the ring of dust around the star HD 53143

Unseen planets kick a ring of debris off-kilter around a nearby star

We may be seeing what the Sun was like when it was a rebellious teen.
By Phil Plait 1 year ago
Tarantula Nebula

The Tarantula shreds its enormous cocoon

Winds from stars blow away gas for hundreds of light-years.
By Phil Plait 1 year ago
Common Envelope Binary Art

After a fiery embrace, some stars undergo metamorphosis

Water fountain stars recently — or still are — eating their binary companions.
By Phil Plait 1 year ago
Artist rendition of V Hydrae

DUDE, where's my carbon star?

V Hydrae is dying and blowing smoke rings.
By Phil Plait 1 year ago
Artwork depicting the accretion disk around a supermassive black hole in a quasar, creating a jet of matter blowing outwards. Credit: NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/J. da Silva

8 highlights of radio astronomy in 2021

From the Moon to the farthest quasar, the big radio astronomy stories of 2021.
By Phil Plait 1 year ago
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Star birth at the galaxy's edge

A star still forming found in the galaxy's far-flung regions.
By Phil Plait 1 year ago
Liz Early Cosmos

We’re seeing a galaxy as it was just after the dawn of the universe, and it has water

The most massive galaxy that existed in the early universe has the oldest water molecules in the universe.
By Elizabeth Rayne 1 year ago
Phil Plait Bad Astronomy Hst Alma Ngc4254

What is causing galaxies in the Virgo Cluster to die?

A new survey aims to find out.
By Phil Plait 1 year ago
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