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Way too many stars like the Sun have eaten their planets, but what gives them these cravings?

Elizabeth Rayne

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Seeing stars born at the dawn of the Universe

Phil Plait

Aug 19, 2021

Phil Plait Bad Astronomy hst_cluster_macsj0416

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: Milky Way Galaxy

A newly discovered and huge structure in the Milky Way was hidden right in front of us

Phil Plait

Aug 18, 2021

Phil Plait Bad Astronomy milkywaymap_1700

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: Milky Way Galaxy

Supermassive black holes eat too much stardust for stars to actually form

Elizabeth Rayne

Jul 27, 2021

Liz Mergers and Supermassive Black Holes with Relativistic Jets

Tag: Bad Astronomy

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

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: Bad Astronomy

The ultimate fate of a nearby four-planet system: cosmic pinball, then game over

Phil Plait

Jul 14, 2021

A fanciful piece of art depicting the four-planet system of HR 8799 (the planets are much farther apart than pictured, though future interactions may bring them closer together). Credit: University of Warwick/Mark Garlick

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: Bad Astronomy

What caused an old, giant star to disappear for over half a year?

Phil Plait

Jul 8, 2021

Philip Plait Bad Astronomy Star Eclipsed Dust Disk

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: globular clusters

This star cluster is slowly being taken over by black holes. In a billion years they’ll kill it.

Phil Plait

Jul 7, 2021

Philip Plait Bad Astronomy Palomar 5 Skyview

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: globular clusters

Tag: Bad Astronomy

A deep, deep photographic dive into the Cygnus the Swan

Phil Plait

Jul 2, 2021

Philip Plait Bad Astronomy Metsavainio Cygnus

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: white dwarf

Tiny but mighty: Astronomers find the smallest but most massive white dwarf ever seen

Phil Plait

Jun 30, 2021

Philip Plait Bad Astronomy White Dwarf Moon Earth

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: white dwarf

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: solar flare

Baby stars throw big tantrums. Very, very big tantrums. And they do it a lot.

Phil Plait

Jun 28, 2021

Artwork of a red dwarf in a binary system undergoing a flare. Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/S. Wiessinger

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: solar flare

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: Betelgeuse

We may finally know why Betelgeuse dimmed so much. Bonus: No supernova. Yet.

Phil Plait

Jun 16, 2021

Four images from the Very Large Telescope of the red supergiant Betelgeuse (from left to right: Jan. 2019, Dec. 2019, Jan. 2020, March 2020) showing not only that it dimmed, but also that only parts of it got fainter. Credit: ESO/M. Montargès et al.

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: Betelgeuse

Tag: star formation

Astronomers map over 100,000 stellar nurseries in first-ever cosmic forge census

Jeff Spry

Jun 15, 2021

Tag: star formation

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

Witness the wonders of star formation in this incredibly detailed 3D simulation

Jeff Spry

May 26, 2021

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