Bad Astronomy 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 6 hours ago Protons are 5% smaller than previously thought That's actually a pretty big deal for a small particle. By Phil Plait 2 days ago The Tarantula shreds its enormous cocoon Winds from stars blow away gas for hundreds of light-years. By Phil Plait 3 days ago What happens when a star engulfs its planets? Hint: Bad things, to both. By Phil Plait 4 days ago Earth’s core is speeding up and slowing down Go home, Earth’s core. You’re drunk. By Phil Plait 5 days ago A comet got really close to the Sun and completely freaked out It literally blew chunks. By Phil Plait 6 days ago Two (kinda) Earth-sized rocky planets found around a nearby red dwarf star Earth-like they ain't, though. By Phil Plait 1 week ago This one weird trick allows Hubble to make a huge infrared image of the sky Fast and Furious: Hubble Drift. By Phil Plait 1 week ago Wait. *How* big are neutron stars again? Bottom line: Neutron star sizes are hard to figure out. By Phil Plait 1 week ago It’s getting harder for life in Venus’ atmosphere to exist Could there be bacteria in the atmosphere of Venus that eats sulfur? Wellll… By Phil Plait 1 week ago Load More
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 6 hours ago
Protons are 5% smaller than previously thought That's actually a pretty big deal for a small particle. By Phil Plait 2 days ago
The Tarantula shreds its enormous cocoon Winds from stars blow away gas for hundreds of light-years. By Phil Plait 3 days ago
Earth’s core is speeding up and slowing down Go home, Earth’s core. You’re drunk. By Phil Plait 5 days ago
A comet got really close to the Sun and completely freaked out It literally blew chunks. By Phil Plait 6 days ago
Two (kinda) Earth-sized rocky planets found around a nearby red dwarf star Earth-like they ain't, though. By Phil Plait 1 week ago
This one weird trick allows Hubble to make a huge infrared image of the sky Fast and Furious: Hubble Drift. By Phil Plait 1 week ago
Wait. *How* big are neutron stars again? Bottom line: Neutron star sizes are hard to figure out. By Phil Plait 1 week ago
It’s getting harder for life in Venus’ atmosphere to exist Could there be bacteria in the atmosphere of Venus that eats sulfur? Wellll… By Phil Plait 1 week ago