SYFY WIRE Bad Astronomy The LatestMoviesTVGamesComicsInterviewsBad Astronomy All Posts Tagged Bad Astronomy How is Canada like Mars? Lost Hammer Spring shows us Canadian microbes are a lot like what Mars life would look like. By Phil Plait | 1 min ago Ultra-faint mini-galaxy found around the Milky Way’s sibling Andromeda Super-dim galaxy Pegasus V may be the key to understanding the cosmos. By Phil Plait | 1 day ago The death knell of life in a Martian meteorite Organic molecules found in a Mars rock were probably not from Martian life. By Phil Plait | 2 days ago Ah, another lovely summer day where the sky is filled with puffy clouds of molten rock On some exoplanets, it’s raining rocks. By Phil Plait | 3 days ago The first JWST images of the infrared sky are here and they do *not* disappoint My God. It’s full of… the Universe. By Phil Plait | 4 days ago This galaxy was already grown-up and spinning 13.3 billion years ago! JD1 shows signs of coherent rotation when it was less than 500 million years old. By Phil Plait | 5 days ago Newly discovered star takes just four years to orbit Sgr A*, our local supermassive black hole The star S4716 has the shortest known orbital period around Sgr A*. By Phil Plait | 1 week ago Monster black hole spinning at only — 'only' — 60% the speed of light Spin rate of supermassive black hole found to be less than that of lower mass ones. By Phil Plait | 1 week ago BepiColombo’s second date with Mercury A second swingby at the solar system’s smallest planet. By Phil Plait | 1 week ago Jupiter's moon Europa is getting salty Table salt all but confirmed on its surface. By Phil Plait | 1 week ago Load More
How is Canada like Mars? Lost Hammer Spring shows us Canadian microbes are a lot like what Mars life would look like. By Phil Plait | 1 min ago
Ultra-faint mini-galaxy found around the Milky Way’s sibling Andromeda Super-dim galaxy Pegasus V may be the key to understanding the cosmos. By Phil Plait | 1 day ago
The death knell of life in a Martian meteorite Organic molecules found in a Mars rock were probably not from Martian life. By Phil Plait | 2 days ago
Ah, another lovely summer day where the sky is filled with puffy clouds of molten rock On some exoplanets, it’s raining rocks. By Phil Plait | 3 days ago
The first JWST images of the infrared sky are here and they do *not* disappoint My God. It’s full of… the Universe. By Phil Plait | 4 days ago
This galaxy was already grown-up and spinning 13.3 billion years ago! JD1 shows signs of coherent rotation when it was less than 500 million years old. By Phil Plait | 5 days ago
Newly discovered star takes just four years to orbit Sgr A*, our local supermassive black hole The star S4716 has the shortest known orbital period around Sgr A*. By Phil Plait | 1 week ago
Monster black hole spinning at only — 'only' — 60% the speed of light Spin rate of supermassive black hole found to be less than that of lower mass ones. By Phil Plait | 1 week ago
BepiColombo’s second date with Mercury A second swingby at the solar system’s smallest planet. By Phil Plait | 1 week ago
Jupiter's moon Europa is getting salty Table salt all but confirmed on its surface. By Phil Plait | 1 week ago
