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Starts With A Bang podcast #111 — Black hole jets | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Nov, 2024
This illustration shows how black hole jets can be as large as the scale…
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Why “humanity’s last exam” will ultimately fail humanity | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Nov, 2024
While humans are typically regarded as the most intelligent thing to ever arise on…
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Ask Ethan: Why isn’t Richard Feynman your personal hero? | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Nov, 2024
Richard Feynman and his family with their custom-painted van in Altadena, California. (Credit: Ralph…
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Meet the first star system to “solve” the 3-body problem | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Nov, 2024
This artist’s depiction shows what the sky might look like around the moon of…
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The mystery of the Milky Way’s most bizarre supernova | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Nov, 2024
This composite image of supernova SN 1181 showcases the full extent of the nebula…
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Ask Ethan: What’s the deal with cosmic inflation and the Big Bang? | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Nov, 2024
From a region of space as small as can be imagined (all the way…
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How has the James Webb Space Telescope changed cosmology? | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Oct, 2024
This image shows the same astronomical object, the Ring Nebula, in three different views:…
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Ask Ethan: Why is the Big Bang shown as a tube? | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Oct, 2024
The modern cosmic picture of our universe’s history begins not with a singularity that…
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How NASA’s Europa Clipper helps the hunt for alien life | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Oct, 2024
The Europa Clipper mission represents NASA’s first mission dedicated to exploring an ocean world…