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Stunning chaos in the galactic core

Phil Plait

Jul 17, 2018

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The center of the Milky Way galaxy imaged in radio waves by the MeerKAT observatory. Supernova, stellar nurseries, and filaments of gas are strewn everywhere. Credit: MeerKAT

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: Exoplanets

Two planets discovered: One by gravity, one by accident [Part 1]

Phil Plait

May 29, 2018

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Artwork of a star and exoplanet. Credit: ESA/ATG medialab

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: Exoplanets

Tag: Bad Astronomy

My god. It *is* full of stars.

Phil Plait

May 7, 2018

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The galactic center, a crowded metropolis of stars and dust. Credit: ESO/VVV Survey/D. Minniti & Acknowledgement: Ignacio Toledo

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: astrophotography

Gaia: This is not a photo of the night sky

Phil Plait

Apr 30, 2018

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A section of the all-sky map made using the second data release from the Gaia mission. This maps the density of stars versus position, where brighter pixels are places with more stars. Credit: ESA/Gaia/DPAC

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: astrophotography

Tag: European Space Agency

Second Gaia star chart has been released, providing the most comprehensive view of the galaxy to date

Blair Marnell

Apr 25, 2018

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Tag: European Space Agency

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: supermassive black holes

A star is about to plunge head first toward a monster black hole. Astronomers are ready to watch.

Phil Plait

Mar 7, 2018

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Artwork depicting three stars and their orbits around Sgr A*, the supermassive black hole in the center of the Milky Way. Credit: ESO/M. Parsa/L. Calçada

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: supermassive black holes

Tag: Bad Astronomy

There is a hierarchy to the Universe

Phil Plait

Oct 3, 2017

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NGC 6874, a huge elliptical galaxy, surrounded by Coma Cluster galaxies, and tens of thousands of globular clusters. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: time-lapse video

Poli'ahu: Time-lapse of telescopes and stars dancing under Hawaiian skies

Phil Plait

May 18, 2017

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star trails over Mauna Kea

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: time-lapse video

Tag: Bad Astronomy

What will the sky look like in five million years?

Phil Plait

Apr 13, 2017

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the sky in 5 million years

Tag: Bad Astronomy

See our galaxy as it was billions of years ago

Elizabeth Rayne

Apr 5, 2017

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Tag: European Space Agency

ESA releases largest star map ever compiled, featuring 1.1 billion stars

Trent Moore

Sep 15, 2016

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Tag: European Space Agency

German scientists create incredible 46-billion pixel image of our Milky Way

Jeff Spry

Nov 2, 2015

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Tag: The Universe

Our galactic neighborhood just got a whole lot bigger

Don Kaye

Sep 9, 2014

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Tag: The Universe

Tag: Dark Matter

Tag: Gamma Rays

Have astrophysicists finally managed to find elusive dark matter?

Matthew Jackson

Dec 17, 2012

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Tag: Dark Matter

Tag: Gamma Rays

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Hold on tight: in 4 billion years, we're due for a galactic collision!

Phil Plait

May 31, 2012

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Illustration of a cominc cosmic train wreck: The Milky Way/Andromeda galaxy collision, four billion years from now. Credit: NASA, ESA, Z. Levay and R. van der Marel (STScI), T. Hallas, and A. Mellinger

Tag: Bad Astronomy

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