Bad Astronomy How massive is the Milky Way? How much stuff is in our galaxy? By Phil Plait 26 sec ago Another Tatooine-like exoplanet found orbiting a binary star Planet found orbiting a binary with two Sun-like stars. By Phil Plait 21 sec ago Being thankful: Hubble sees a baby star's shadow play A protostar's disk casts a long shadow across the sky. By Phil Plait 20 sec ago Uncertain future: Is Andromeda going to collide with the Milky Way or not? The Andromeda galaxy may or may not collide with our own in 4 billion years. By Phil Plait 14 sec ago Two zombie stars are eating their companions and creating cosmic chaos White dwarfs can eat planets and stars and blast out VAST amounts of energy. By Phil Plait 2 hours ago Astronomers spot the construction site for a galactic supercity Protocluster seen 11 billion light years from Earth. By Phil Plait 2 hours ago Hubble takes a series of giant outer planet family portraits Gas giant photos c/o Hubble. By Phil Plait 21 sec ago So, about that black hole found in a nearby galaxy… yeah, maybe not so much Black hole findings called into question. By Phil Plait 58 sec ago Get ready for Thursday night's (almost very nearly total) lunar eclipse! How to watch Thurday's lunar eclipse, the longest of the century. By Phil Plait 3 hours ago It's galactic cannibalism all the way down A satellite galaxy of the Milky Way ate a satellite galaxy of its own. By Phil Plait 6 sec ago Load More
Another Tatooine-like exoplanet found orbiting a binary star Planet found orbiting a binary with two Sun-like stars. By Phil Plait 21 sec ago
Being thankful: Hubble sees a baby star's shadow play A protostar's disk casts a long shadow across the sky. By Phil Plait 20 sec ago
Uncertain future: Is Andromeda going to collide with the Milky Way or not? The Andromeda galaxy may or may not collide with our own in 4 billion years. By Phil Plait 14 sec ago
Two zombie stars are eating their companions and creating cosmic chaos White dwarfs can eat planets and stars and blast out VAST amounts of energy. By Phil Plait 2 hours ago
Astronomers spot the construction site for a galactic supercity Protocluster seen 11 billion light years from Earth. By Phil Plait 2 hours ago
Hubble takes a series of giant outer planet family portraits Gas giant photos c/o Hubble. By Phil Plait 21 sec ago
So, about that black hole found in a nearby galaxy… yeah, maybe not so much Black hole findings called into question. By Phil Plait 58 sec ago
Get ready for Thursday night's (almost very nearly total) lunar eclipse! How to watch Thurday's lunar eclipse, the longest of the century. By Phil Plait 3 hours ago
It's galactic cannibalism all the way down A satellite galaxy of the Milky Way ate a satellite galaxy of its own. By Phil Plait 6 sec ago
