Thoughts from a Planetarian: Is Hype a Good Thing?
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Is hype of an astronomical object—such as the Super Blood Wolf Moon—a good thing?
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Thoughts from a Planetarian: We Are Going to Touch the Sun
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Why we are still talking about the Parker Solar Probe? Is it the price tag? The data? Or how it will melt?
Thoughts from a Planetarian: What Is a Planetarium?
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Why do planetariums still exist?
Thoughts from a Planetarian: Pluto
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Thirteen years later, why are we still talking about Pluto's classification?
Mismatched Twins
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Two *nearly* identical exoplanets pose a mystery—why is Kepler 107c so much denser than Kepler 107b?
Measuring Starquakes
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Instead of studying the exoplanets that Kepler has found, Ruth Angus uses the data to study their stars.
Spinning at Half the Speed of Light!
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Artist's impression shows hot gas orbiting in a disc around a rapidly-spinning black hole.
A supermassive black hole reveals that it’s spinning crazy fast!
Where Do Planets Come From?
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An artist’s impression of a world that shouldn’t exist at least according to the accepted theory of how planets form.
New observations and new theories call into question the dominant paradigm of planet formation.
First Evidence of Exomoons
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Finding a planet beyond our solar system? Sure. Finding a moon beyond our Solar System? Fantasy. Until now.
Exoplanets, Say Cheese!
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The Quest to Image Another Earth
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