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TH The Sleepy Physicist

The Star That Fooled Astronomers for 60 Years Finally Has Real Planets

Barnard's Star: the fastest-moving star in the sky has four confirmed planets and is getting closer.

Sep 07, 2026 · 11 min read · 0 claps #space #astronomy #science

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TO Ton-chan

From Finding Planets to Understanding Worlds: The Story of TESS

Among the stars scattered across the night sky, could there be worlds remarkably like our own?

Sep 07, 2026 · 14 min read · 0 claps #astronomy #space #science

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SC Science Spectrum

Scientists May Have Found a Clue to Dark Matter

For decades, scientists have searched for dark matter, a mysterious substance believed to make up a large part of the universe. We cannot…

Sep 06, 2026 · 8 min read · 0 claps #science #physics #dark-matter

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AV Avi Loeb

Was Dark Matter Detected?

All it takes is one event beyond a reasonable doubt to revolutionize our understanding of the Universe.

Sep 03, 2026 · 5 min read · 579 claps #science #data-science #astronomy

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ES ES Strauss

Aquarius

Permission to drench the soul

Sep 01, 2026 · 0 min read · 0 claps #poetry #aquarius #astrology

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TH The Freelance Thinker (Joel Furches)

Orphaned Worlds: The Planets Without a Sun

Aimless Worlds

Aug 28, 2026 · 5 min read · 0 claps #rogue-planet #exoplanets #astronomy

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TH The Modern Lens

16 Psyche: The $100,000 Trillion Asteroid That Could Ruin Us

The Treasure That Could Destroy Us

Aug 26, 2026 · 4 min read · 5 claps #space-exploration #economics #philosophy

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TH The Freelance Thinker (Joel Furches)

Edgar Allan Poe: Astronomer?

Edgar Allan Poe: A Very Misunderstood Author

Aug 25, 2026 · 7 min read · 50 claps #edgar-allan-poe #amateur-astronomy #astronomy

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ES ES Strauss

Virgo/Aries/Gemini (Prose)

Earth, Fire, Air

Aug 24, 2026 · 0 min read · 0 claps #astronomy #astrology #prose-poem

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TO Ton-chan

The Universe Was Not What We Thought: The Kepler Revolution 🪐

Radial Velocity Was Not Enough 🪐

Aug 24, 2026 · 13 min read · 0 claps #exoplanets #astronomy #kepler-space-telescope

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WH What If Science · What If Science

What If Alien Oceans Are Made of Liquid Nitrogen Instead of Water?

Scientists Explore a Chilling Possibility Beyond Earth’s Blueprint for Life

Aug 22, 2026 · 6 min read · 3 claps paywalled #space-exploration #astrobiology #alien-life

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LO Loran Joly

What Does Social Justice Imply, If the World and Universe are Lumpy?

It seems to me that Mankind is a “social creature”.

Aug 21, 2026 · 3 min read · 0 claps #social-justice #victims #trauma

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AA Aahana Mittal

Harmony of the Spheres; Kepler’s Obsession

“If only God would set me free from astronomy so that I might turn to the care of my work on the harmony of the world”

Aug 16, 2026 · 3 min read · 0 claps #astronomy #harmony #math

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DA david bennett

THE EYE OF GOD ASTERISM

The Greeks imposed a complex system of constellations that incorporated the faintest stars, while only allocating, in many cases, a single…

Aug 13, 2026 · 8 min read · 0 claps #astronomy #ancient-egypt #eye-of-ra

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ES Esha Brahmbhatt · Cabin Fever Magazine

What’s It Like to Bleed in Space?

Astronaut-in-training Priya Abiram is working to answer the question for us.

Aug 10, 2026 · 9 min read · 0 claps #space-exploration #public-health #womens-health

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VE Vethika

Saturn: The Fascinating World Beyond the Rings

What Is Saturn?

Aug 08, 2026 · 5 min read · 0 claps #saturn #astronomy #space-exploration

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AV Avi Loeb

Is There a UFO Base on the Moon?

Below is a transcript of an interview I had on August 6, 2026 with Jesse Weber on NewsNation, regarding an unrefereed paper, written by the…

Aug 07, 2026 · 6 min read · 378 claps #science #data-science #technology

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NA Nadhira R.

the lights we often overlook.

for the ones who give their light away, yet are rarely looked upon.

Aug 07, 2026 · 2 min read · 0 claps #astronomy #selflessness #stars

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ED Edward Herrick-Gleason (The Wandering Astronomer) · The Wandering Astronomer

Marius and the Moons

Galileo is credited with having discovered Jupiter’s four largest moons, Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto. He was said to have first…

Aug 05, 2026 · 1 min read · 0 claps paywalled #simon-marius #galileo #moon

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ES ES Strauss

Pictor (A Quatrain of Micro Pankus)

I am attempting to paint a picture of me

Aug 03, 2026 · 0 min read · 0 claps #pankus-poetry #astronomy

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FO Forever Harmandeepkaur

Something Is Pulling Our Galaxy Through Space — And We Still Don’t Know Exactly What

If someone told you that our entire galaxy is traveling through space because of the gravity of an invisible cosmic structure, would you…

Aug 03, 2026 · 9 min read · 0 claps #space #astronomy #science

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ED Edward Herrick-Gleason (The Wandering Astronomer) · The Wandering Astronomer

How can we take pictures of the Milky Way Galaxy if we are inside of it?

We cannot take any external photos of the Milky Way Galaxy because we are well inside it. In order to actually take a photo of the entire…

Aug 02, 2026 · 1 min read · 0 claps paywalled #space #astronomy #photography

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OR Orion

Astronomy is One of the Most Underrated Subjects in the World

In my opinion, personally, astronomy is the #1 Most Underrated Subject…in the universe. Literally, space is everything beyond what we know…

Aug 02, 2026 · 6 min read · 0 claps #space #black-holes #planets

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HA Hardik Parekh

Stargazer’s Guide: The Top Astronomical Events in August 2026 ​August 2026 is shaping up to be one…

From a total solar eclipse to red-hot planetary alignments, here is your ultimate guide to the celestial spectacles lighting up the night…

Aug 02, 2026 · 2 min read · 0 claps #astronomy #stargazing #night-sky

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The Copernican revolution — Part 2: Kepler Fixes the Heavens

So, in the previous blog we discussed how our understanding of the cosmos changed, from the widely accepted geocentric model, to…

Aug 02, 2026 · 4 min read · 1 claps #astronomy #johannes-kepler #ellipse

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IF IFQA

The Copernican Revolution: Part 1

A quiet idea that reshaped the cosmos

Jul 31, 2026 · 5 min read · 1 claps #astronomy #copernican-revolution #history-of-astronomy

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ET Ethan Siegel · Starts With A Bang!

2026’s Perseids, lousy this July, will peak at the perfect time

Although the Geminids have rivaled the Perseids recently, in 2026, the Perseids should win at their peak. Here’s why, plus how to see them.

Jul 29, 2026 · 11 min read · 196 claps paywalled #space #astronomy #meteor

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ED Edward Herrick-Gleason (The Wandering Astronomer) · The Wandering Astronomer

The speed of the Sun’s orbital movement across the Galaxy is about 254 km/s.

The Milky Way Galaxy and the Local Group of Galaxies to which it belongs are moving in reference to the Cosmic Microwave Background at the…

Jul 29, 2026 · 2 min read · 0 claps paywalled #astronomy #science #milky-way-galaxy

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VE Venezia Membaca

Mengapa Banyak Kawah Bulan Dinamai dengan Nama Ilmuwan Muslim?

Banyak orang mengira bahwa nama-nama kawah di Bulan dipilih secara acak atau sekadar untuk menghormati para astronom modern. Padahal…

Jul 27, 2026 · 14 min read · 190 claps #astronomy #history #veneziamembaca

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VE Venezia Membaca

Bagaimana Ilmuwan Muslim Mengembangkan Astronomi Sebelum Era Copernicus?

Sebelum Nicolaus Copernicus menerbitkan karya monumentalnya De revolutionibus orbium coelestium pada tahun 1543, dunia Islam telah menjadi…

Jul 25, 2026 · 11 min read · 225 claps #astrology #astronomy #veneziamembaca

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VE Venezia Membaca

Siapa Claudius Ptolemaeus? Mengapa Model Geosentris Bertahan Selama Lebih dari 1.400 Tahun?

Claudius Ptolemaeus, atau dalam bahasa Yunani dikenal sebagai Klaudios Ptolemaios dan dalam bahasa Latin disebut Claudius Ptolemaeus…

Jul 24, 2026 · 10 min read · 124 claps #astronomy #history #sejarah

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ES ES Strauss

Leo (A Quatrain of Micro Pankus)

I relax under my blue blanket with small volcanos

Jul 20, 2026 · 0 min read · 0 claps #pankus-poetry #leo-the-lion #astrology

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TH The Conversation U.S. · The Quantastic Journal

What Are Supermassive Black Holes?

Everything you need to know—and what astronomers are still learning—about these mysterious objects

Jul 20, 2026 · 5 min read · 102 claps paywalled #astronomy #astrophysics #black-holes

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AV Avi Loeb

A Distance Measurement is Worth a Thousand Words Regarding the Nature of UAP

An unknown object moving across the sky in a fraction of a second could be a nearby bird or a distant artifact of a non-human origin. This…

Jul 20, 2026 · 3 min read · 140 claps #science #data-science #technology

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MN M. Nielsen · The Idea of Reality

Why Black Holes Have the Sizes They Have

Gravitational waves are turning black holes from isolated mysteries into a measurable family tree of cosmic generations

Jul 16, 2026 · 9 min read · 0 claps #black-holes #gravitational-waves #astrophysics

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ET Ethan Siegel · Starts With A Bang!

Why the “smallest” giant telescope may be the world’s best

At “only” 25 meters in diameter, the Giant Magellan Telescope is the smallest of three current projects. That might make all the…

Jul 15, 2026 · 12 min read · 118 claps paywalled #telescope #astronomy #astrophysics

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NR NRWillick · E³ — Entertain Enlighten Empower

The Moon, the Debris, and the Dark Field

What August 12 is really asking us to look at, and what it is asking us to look away from

Jul 15, 2026 · 4 min read · 50 claps paywalled #satire #conspiracy-theories #astronomy

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DR dravian · Silicon Valley Gradient

Scientists Say This is the Greatest Proof of Alien Life

A story to be told

Jul 14, 2026 · 5 min read · 51 claps paywalled #earth #aliens #ufo

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ET Ethan Siegel · Starts With A Bang!

Famous study in error: the Universe isn’t anisotropic

Using the newest large-scale structure data, a team of researchers announced a huge cosmic anisotropy in Nature. Too bad it’s wrong.

Jul 14, 2026 · 12 min read · 558 claps paywalled #space #cosmology #astrophysics

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BA Barry Leung, CoMN, KoMG, CoSP, ARM · Math Games

Hawking’s Black Hole Prediction Faces a Mathematical Challenge

A decades-old assumption that extremal black holes couldn’t exist has been overturned by a surprising new proof.

Jul 14, 2026 · 8 min read · 11 claps paywalled #math #mathematics #science

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TO Ton-chan

The Noise That Revealed the Beginning of the Universe

① It All Began with a Noise That Refused to Vanish 📡

Jul 14, 2026 · 15 min read · 0 claps #astronomy #cosmology #physics

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AL Alastair Williams · Predict

How a Passing Star May Have Sparked a Shower of Comets — And Changed Our History

Two million years ago a star drifted past our own. Did it leave a mark that endures until the modern day?

Jul 14, 2026 · 3 min read · 73 claps paywalled #space #science #future

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SM Smrithi Nair

It Wasn’t Aliens. That’s Not the Same as Solved.

In 2015, astronomer Tabetha Boyajian found a star that refused to behave. Nothing unusual to look at, an ordinary F-type star a little…

Jul 14, 2026 · 3 min read · 0 claps #astronomy #astrophysics #science-communication

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Auriga (A Quatrain of Micro Pankus)

If I chase away the bullies will I feel___

Jul 13, 2026 · 0 min read · 0 claps #pankus-poetry #astronomy

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KE Kelly Carmichael · Bouncin’ and Behavin’ Blogs

The Tiny Asteroid That Changed an Entire Space Mission

One blurry photograph changed years of careful planning

Jul 12, 2026 · 4 min read · 34 claps paywalled #science #technology #space

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VA Vakis

The Signal That Never Came Again: The Mystery of the Wow! Signal

Cover image generated with AI.

Jul 11, 2026 · 2 min read · 0 claps #space #astronomy #science

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TE Ted Czukor

Also Worth Some Ink

Is the Sun jealous of Aldebaran

Jul 10, 2026 · 1 min read · 1,024 claps paywalled #this-writing-life #self-comparison #astronomy

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ET Ethan Siegel · Starts With A Bang!

Ask Ethan: Could we spot an extinction-level asteroid?

65 million years ago, a massive asteroid struck Earth, causing a mass extinction. Without advance warning, could anyone have spotted it?

Jul 10, 2026 · 12 min read · 137 claps paywalled #dinosaurs #space #astronomy

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PA Patrickkanz · Science For Life

🕳️Why Physicists call Black Holes,”The Universe’s biggest error Message “.

The most famous objects in the universe are also the biggest mystery in physics. And that’s terrifying I’ll be honest: the first time I saw …

Jul 09, 2026 · 5 min read · 75 claps #science #quantum-physics #physics

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ET Ethan Siegel · Starts With A Bang!

How to not overestimate the number of stars in the Universe

With ~400 billion stars in the Milky Way and 6–20 trillion galaxies overall, that makes for a lot of stars. But not as many as you’d think.

Jul 09, 2026 · 14 min read · 332 claps paywalled #space #astronomy #astrophysics