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# space
One of the weirdest extrasolar planets we've found so far is a superheated puffball that orbits its star in the wrong direction.
# space
We knew planetary collisions should happen relatively often in young solar systems. Now we have hard evidence of one such an event.
# science
Chris Mooney and Sheril Kirshenbaum blame scientists for public scientific illiteracy. The case study serving as exhibit one? Pluto's demotion from planethood.
# space
Astronomers are trying to zero in on the largest mass for a stellar black hole and found a monster larger and hungrier than they expected.
# science
ABC's Tandem follows the age old tradition of cramming enough technobabble into the plot of a space themed disaster show and hope the audience doesn't ask questions.
# space
Astronomers weigh a black hole so massive, it wasn't born from an imploding star but from massive nebulae crushed by its own gravity.
# space
Spike Psarris tries to explain why evolution and a 13 billion year old are lies because... the planet Mercury is a little too dense for his tastes?
# space
Introducing Spike Psarris, junk scientist and nonsense regurgitator extraordinaire...
# space
A pair of new telescopes are ready to look further into the dawn of our universe than we've ever seen before.
# astrobiology
Light from alien worlds could have a telltale signal of a forest, hinting at an entire extraterrestrial ecosystem.