This image shows the Large Aperture Telescope’s colossal, 6-meter primary and secondary mirrors at…
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Will American science become the “Hitler’s gift” of the 21st century? | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Jul, 2025
This “fleet chart” catalogues every NASA science mission across the four main subdivisions —…
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Ask Ethan: What puzzles can the Vera Rubin Observatory help solve? | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Jul, 2025
This image, taken in April of 2025, shows the completed and operational Vera C.…
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Busting the top 5 myths about the Big Bang | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Jul, 2025
At the start of the hot Big Bang, the Universe was rapidly expanding and…
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JWST captures its most extreme gravitational lens ever | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Jun, 2025
This side-by-side image shows galaxy cluster Abell S1063 as imaged with JWST (L) and…
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Ask Ethan: Is the Hubble tension a real problem? | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Jun, 2025
The construction of a cosmic distance ladder begins with measuring the parallax of individual…
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Video: NASA’s PUNCH mission sees the Sun’s corona in action | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Jun, 2025
This clip from NASA’s PUNCH satellite shows a strong coronal mass ejection emanating from…
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Ask Ethan: Does cosmic inflation violate energy conservation? | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Jun, 2025
When the Universe undergoes a period of cosmic inflation, the fabric of space —…
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Uranus’s moons are darkened on one side, Hubble reveals | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Jun, 2025
Uranus, with its ringed system, is shown alongside its five largest moons. From left-to-right…
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Ask Ethan: What are the “first stars” in the Universe? | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Jun, 2025
An illustration of the first stars turning on in the Universe. Without metals to…