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Do magnetic monopoles exist? Scientists look to a discarded pipe to find out.
https://badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/magnetic-monopoles-exist-scientists-look-discarded-pipe-find
Published: September 5, 2024 14:00
Yes, seriously. But I wonder if they’ve looked in Brockway, Ogdenville, or North Haverbrook? Bonus: Big sunspots!
JWST sees ancient clusters of stars at the edge of the observable Universe
https://badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/jwst-sees-ancient-clusters-stars-edge-observable-universe
Published: September 3, 2024 14:00
These are the most distant stellar clusters ever seen
A jaw-dropping view of Mars
https://badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/jawdropping-view-mars
Published: September 2, 2024 14:00
The Red Planet shines in a new Mars Express image, but Phobos steals the show
A dwarf galaxy gives big clues about dark matter
https://badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/dwarf-galaxy-gives-big-clues-dark-matter
Published: August 29, 2024 14:00
We still don’t what dark matter is, but how it behaves is getting clearer
Detecting starships via gravitational waves as their warp bubbles collapse
https://badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/detecting-starships-via-gravitational-waves-warp-bubbles-collapse
Published: August 27, 2024 14:00
Yes, seriously. Also: Me on Penn and Teller’s old TV show debunking stuff.
The dinosaur killer asteroid came from deep space, in the outer solar system
https://badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/dinosaur-killer-asteroid-came-deep-space-outer-solar-system
Published: August 26, 2024 14:00
Ruthenium isotopes reveal the secrets of the Chicxulub impactor
Dramatic views of the Moon and Earth as JUICE flies past on its way to Venus
https://badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/dramatic-views-moon-earth-juice-flies-past-way-venus
Published: August 22, 2024 14:16
The final destination is Jupiter, but there are a few stops along the way
What’s creating the Moon’s “atmosphere”? Wee little impacts.
https://badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/whats-creating-moons-atmosphere-wee-little-impacts
Published: August 20, 2024 14:00
Also: Watch the Moon occult Saturn, and JUICE nears Earth
Mars may have an ocean of liquid water… 11 km under its surface
https://badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/mars-may-ocean-liquid-water-11-km-surface
Published: August 19, 2024 14:00
Marsquakes reveal a lot of underground water. Maybe. Plus an EarthSky interview about Gaia.
Earth gets JUICEd
https://badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/earth-gets-juiced
Published: August 15, 2024 14:00
The JUICE spacecraft will be passing Earth this week on its way (eventually) to Jupiter
Saturn’s getting easier to see, though its rings are not
https://badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/saturns-getting-easier-see-though-rings-not
Published: August 13, 2024 14:00
Spotting Saturn in the night sky, plus a quake shifts the Earth in Japan