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Waterworld (1995)

Astronomers identify twin water worlds 218 light years from Earth

"I've sailed farther than most men have dreamed," Kevin Costner as The Mariner in Waterworld.
By Cassidy Ward | 
1 month ago
Brown dwarfs

Ah, another lovely summer day where the sky is filled with puffy clouds of molten rock

On some exoplanets, it’s raining rocks.
By Phil Plait | 
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Liz Hidden Supernova

We can’t see them, but stars are blowing up all the time

By Elizabeth Rayne | 
1 year ago
The spectacular star-forming nebula W51 seen in infrared by the Spitzer Space Telescope. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Star formation is beautiful and terrifying

By Phil Plait | 
1 year ago

If these brown dwarfs spun much faster they'd tear themselves apart

By Phil Plait | 
1 year ago
Artwork (not to scale) depicting the binary black hole in the heart of the blazar OJ 287. The less massive black hole plunges through the accretion disk around the more massive black hole, creating a huge bubble of superheated gas. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltec

A huge black hole eats a huger black hole's dinner then explodes with the light of a trillion suns

By Phil Plait | 
2 years ago
Spitzer Space Telescope image of a part of the enormous Perseus Molecular Cloud, a nearby star-forming factory. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

The sky on fire: The cold flames of the Perseus Molecular Cloud

By Phil Plait | 
2 years ago
Artwork of Spitzer Space Telescope against a background of the sky seen in infrared. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt (IPAC)

Good night, Spitzer Space Telescope

By Phil Plait | 
3 years ago
The huge shell of gas and dust that make up RCW 120, seen here in the far infrared by the Spitzer Space Telescope. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/GLIMPSE-MIPSGAL Teams

A little red and green for the holiday: RCW 120, a huge shell of gas from a runaway star

By Phil Plait | 
3 years ago
The nearby spiral galaxy M81 seen in three infrared colors by the Spitzer Space Telescope. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

M81: Spiraling dusty galactic heat

By Phil Plait | 
3 years ago
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