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Tag: Bad Astronomy

The delicate beauty of illuminated dust

Phil Plait

Jun 4, 2021

The dark dust clouds of vdB31, illuminated by and reflecting the light of the bright blue star AB Aurigae. Credit: Adam Block/Mount Lemmon SkyCenter/University of Arizona

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Mars may be sneezing out dust into the solar system that’s visible from Earth

Phil Plait

Mar 26, 2021

Zodiacal light, sunlight reflected off of tiny dust particles that orbit the Sun between Earth and the asteroid belt. Credit: Rogelio Bernal Andreo

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: Bad Astronomy

UPDATES: Phosphineless Venus and dustless Betelgeuse?

Phil Plait

Feb 4, 2021

Venus as seen in ultraviolet and infrared by the Akatsuki probe (left) and a computer model of the atmosphere of Betelgeuse (right). Credit: Venus: JAXA / ISAS / DARTS / Justin Cowart; Betelgeuse: Bernd Freytag

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Moon dust looks mystical, but its razor-sharp particles call for new protective gear

Elizabeth Rayne

Nov 4, 2020

Moon dust on an astronaut's space suit

Tag: TV

Tag: Other Space

Paul Feig opens up about the legacy and return of his forgotten 2015 sci-fi series 'Other Space'

Jacob Oller

Jul 24, 2020

Other Space Yahoo Screen

Tag: TV

Tag: Other Space

Tag: Other Space

WIRE Buzz: Adam Sandler's Hubie Halloween; Tenet teases Easter egg; 'Other Space' to Dust

Jacob Oller

Jul 7, 2020

Tag: Other Space

Tag: Flight 008

Dan Stevens soars in exclusive DUST: Flight 008 podcast trailer/clip

Jacob Oller

Mar 17, 2020

Flight 008 dust

Tag: Flight 008

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Exoplanet smashup: The very weird dust disk around BD +20 307

Phil Plait

Feb 13, 2020

Artwork depicting the recent collision between two planets in the BD +20 307 binary star system, which created a thick disk of dust around the stars. Credit: NASA/SOFIA/Lynette Cook

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: Exclusives

Nine Minutes: Constance Wu is a marooned astronaut in first look at DUST short film

Josh Weiss

Jan 28, 2020

Nine Minutes Constance Wu

Tag: Exclusives

Tag: Bad Astronomy

The trail of Phaethon

Phil Plait

Dec 30, 2019

The optical dust trail shed by the asteroid Phaethon (between the two red arrows) seen by the Parker Solar Probe. The position and size of the Sun is shown to the left, and the fuzz in the middle is the Milky Way.

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: Spitzer Space Telescope

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

Phil Plait

Dec 26, 2019

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

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: Spitzer Space Telescope

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: spiral arms

Are galactic spiral arms traffic jams or do they wind up? The evidence is… polarizing.

Phil Plait

Dec 19, 2019

The magnetic fields lines in the galaxy NGC 1068 (swirls) as inferred from SOFAI observations superposed on an image combining observations from Hubble Space Telescope (visible light), NuSTAR (X-rays), and the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (also visible light)

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: spiral arms

Tag: Exclusives

Exclusive: DUST Horizons podcast embarks on a trippy journey into spoken-word sci-fi

Benjamin Bullard

Oct 11, 2019

DUST Horizons podcast graphic

Tag: Exclusives

Tag: Bad Astronomy

A cosmic blue iris nebula blooms among the brown dust

Phil Plait

Jun 26, 2019

The Iris Nebula is a dust cloud about 1,180 light years away, reflecting the light from a nearby blue star. Credit: Adam Block/Steward Observatory/University of Arizona

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: Bad Astronomy

The feathery, dusty, and spectacular tail of Comet McNaught

Phil Plait

Jan 10, 2019

Comet McNaught seen from the Paranal observatory in Chile in 2007. Credit: ESO/Sebastian Deiries

Tag: Bad Astronomy

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