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After a fiery embrace, some stars undergo metamorphosis Water fountain stars recently — or still are — eating their binary companions. By Phil Plait 1 week ago
Electrostatic repulsion may be lofting small rocks off the asteroid Bennu The tiny asteroid is spitting rocks into space. By Phil Plait 1 week ago
Dry ice glaciers are on the move at the south pole of Mars New research shows frozen carbon dioxide glaciers exist at the Martian south pole. By Phil Plait 2 weeks ago
A pulsar is firing a 7-light-year-long antimatter stream into space It only gets weirder from there. By Phil Plait 2 weeks ago
No, asteroid 2009 JF1 is not going to hit Earth this Friday It’s not “pyramid sized,” either. By Phil Plait 2 weeks ago
The history of Mars may have been more explosively volcanic than we thought Martian rocks shows signs of violent volcanism. By Phil Plait 2 weeks ago
How to create a massive black hole: Let it feed on a very dense star cluster Supermassive black hole birth and growth may involve eating lots of stars. By Phil Plait 2 weeks ago
JWST is now fully focused Witness the power of a fully focused and very nearly operational JWST. By Phil Plait 3 weeks ago
Arrakis it ain’t, but Jupiter’s moon Io may create volcanic explosive steam-driven dunes Hot lava + frozen sulfur dioxide = wind on an airless world. By Phil Plait 3 weeks ago
Did a whopping huge impact at its south pole cause our Moon to be two-faced? Immense south polar impact may have rewritten the Moon's surface. By Phil Plait 3 weeks ago
