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Philip Plait Bad Astronomy Red Giant Dust Cloud
First a red giant cooks its planets, then it turns them into mini-stars
Phil Plait
Aug 5, 2021
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The sky is filled with rivers of darkness
Phil Plait
Jul 20, 2021
A portion of the huge Taurus Molecular Cloud is seen here in two-panel mosaic. The darkest areas are where stars are being born, hidden from view by thick clots of dust. Credit: Adam Block /Steward Observatory/University of Arizona
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Paul Feig opens up about the legacy and return of his forgotten 2015 sci-fi series 'Other Space'
Jacob Oller
Jul 24, 2020
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WIRE Buzz: Adam Sandler's Hubie Halloween; Tenet teases Easter egg; 'Other Space' to Dust
Jacob Oller
Jul 7, 2020
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Dan Stevens soars in exclusive DUST: Flight 008 podcast trailer/clip
Jacob Oller
Mar 17, 2020
Flight 008 dust
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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
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Nine Minutes: Constance Wu is a marooned astronaut in first look at DUST short film
Josh Weiss
Jan 28, 2020
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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.
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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
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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)
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Exclusive: DUST Horizons podcast embarks on a trippy journey into spoken-word sci-fi
Benjamin Bullard
Oct 11, 2019
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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
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