SCIENCE
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Last gasps of dying Sun-like star captured by Hubble
This visualization shows the three main components of the Egg Nebula, with all of the foreground and background stars removed.…
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Starts With A Bang Podcast #126 — The origin of dust
This image shows the Pillars of Creation within the Eagle Nebula, as assembled by two entirely different data sets. On…
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8 ways that Venus is the Solar System’s most extreme planet
This photograph from March 1, 2023 shows Venus and Jupiter separated by less than 1 degree in the sky: the…
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JWST shakes up the hunt for earliest galaxy cluster
The Universe formed stars, galaxies, and even galaxy clusters extremely early on in our cosmos. This new marvel is one…
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Ask Ethan: How much damage could a cosmic ray do to a human?
At the upper limits of what’s energetically possible, cosmic rays still persist. What happens if a human gets hit by…
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Yes, one image from space can change humanity’s perspective
Our view of the world, the Universe, and ourselves can change with just one glimpse of what’s out there. It’s…
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Ask Ethan: Where are all the blueshifted galaxies?
Even in an expanding Universe, we expect both redshifted and blueshifted galaxies. But nearly every one we see is redshifted.…
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How a solar radiation storm created January 2026’s aurora
The Sun often produces solar flares and coronal mass ejections, but a rare solar radiation storm made the 2026’s first…
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Ask Ethan: Why do gravitational lenses make crosses, not rings?
Gravitational lenses arise when foreground masses and background light sources properly align. Einstein rings are rare, but crosses abound. Continue…
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It’s time to stop teaching the biggest lie about Hawking radiation
It’s not about particle-antiparticle pairs falling into or escaping from a black hole. A deeper explanation alters our view of…
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