This composite JWST image of the object Herbig-Haro 30 in the Taurus Molecular Cloud…
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Ask Ethan: What are the worst cosmic misnomers? | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Feb, 2025
The Egg Nebula, as imaged here by Hubble, is a preplanetary nebula, as its…
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How the Moon’s two Grand Canyons formed in mere minutes | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Feb, 2025
This image shows a portion of the lunar surface, as imaged by NASA’s Lunar…
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Ask Ethan: Why doesn’t dark matter collapse due to gravity? | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Feb, 2025
Galaxies can be found along, nearby, and within cosmic filaments. There is often both…
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The CMB: the most important discovery in cosmic history | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Feb, 2025
This composite image shows the microwave sky as imaged by three generations of spaceborne…
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Ask Ethan: How are the heaviest elements of all made? | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Jan, 2025
The elements of the periodic table, and where they originate, are detailed in this…
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How does cosmic inflation fare when put to the ultimate test? | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Jan, 2025
This map shows the CMB’s polarization signal, as measured by the Planck satellite in…
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The Ring Nebula’s true structure revealed at last | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Jan, 2025
This three panel view shows Hubble’s optical views of the Ring Nebula (L), SMA’s…
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Ask Ethan: What are the biggest JWST discoveries so far? | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Jan, 2025
This side-by-side view of galaxy cluster SMACS 0723 shows the MIRI (left) and NIRCam…
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Cosmic first: supermassive black hole caught “turning on” in real-time | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Jan, 2025
This artist’s depiction shows a tidal disruption event around an active black hole. Whereas…