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The Strange Problem With Red Supergiants
Are the biggest stars vanishing without a trace?
Mar 19
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Alastair Williams
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Data Centres In Orbit Are Just As Crazy As You Think
On the latest space hype
Mar 5
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Alastair Williams
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How to Learn Physics for Free - 2026 Edition
A guide for the curious
Feb 3
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Alastair Williams
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The Bold Insanity of Artemis II: America Prepares to Return to the Moon
On the second flight of America's Return to the Moon
Jan 31
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Alastair Williams
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The Debris of Creation: Hubble Watches Worlds Collide
On the discovery of violent collisions around Fomalhaut
Jan 22
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Alastair Williams
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Project Mercury and the SOFAR Bomb
Why bombs were hidden on the first space capsules
Jan 16
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Alastair Williams
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Notes On Learning Hard Things
Reflections on the art of studying physics
Dec 1, 2025
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Alastair Williams
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The Biggest Solar Flare of 2025
A flare hits Earth. But when will a really big one come?
Nov 14, 2025
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Alastair Williams
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How Many Alien Civilizations Exist In Our Galaxy?
On the equations and odds of alien intelligence
Nov 9, 2025
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Alastair Williams
19
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The Hasselblad Cameras of Project Mercury
On the beginning of NASA's long relationship with Hasselblad cameras
Oct 31, 2025
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Alastair Williams
19
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The Myth and Mystery of The Tunguska Impact
What was it that exploded over Siberia in 1908?
Oct 9, 2025
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Alastair Williams
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On Progress and Revolution in Physics
Thoughts on the nature of science
Oct 3, 2025
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Alastair Williams
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