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The Week in Space and Physics: The Lost Sisters of the Pleiades
On the stars of the Pleiades, a superflare from a black hole, the second flight of New Glenn, and the aurora.
Nov 25
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Alastair Williams
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The Week in Space and Physics: The Next Footprints on the Moon
On NASA's effort to get back to the Moon, the future of space stations, interstellar comets, and the last satellite around Venus.
Nov 5
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Alastair Williams
11
4
The Week in Space and Physics: The Nobel Prize
On the Nobel Prize, the purest star yet known, hints of an exomoon, and a sign of life around Saturn.
Oct 23
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Alastair Williams
22
4
The Week in Space and Physics: Hunting The Primordial Black Holes
On traces of the first black holes, Dream Chaser, how the Moon rusted, and the launch of IMAP
Sep 30
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Alastair Williams
23
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The Week in Space and Physics: Was There Life on Mars?
On a discovery on Mars, the folly of a new Moon race, Trappist 1e, and the approach of an interstellar comet
Sep 16
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Alastair Williams
34
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The Week in Space and Physics: Revisiting the Wow! Signal
On messages from aliens, what an asteroid impact on the Moon might look like, the opening of a new neutrino observatory, and the tenth flight of…
Sep 3
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Alastair Williams
25
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The Week in Space and Physics: Exoplanets, Comets, and Black Holes
On habitable exoplanets, the prospects for exploring an interstellar comet, the earliest black hole, and a strange supernova.
Aug 19
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Alastair Williams
25
6
The Week in Space and Physics: When Giants Collide
On black hole collisions, hypervelocity stars, Betelgeuse's companion, and a hint of the missing antimatter.
Jul 31
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Alastair Williams
30
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The Week in Space and Physics: The Third Interstellar Comet
On interstellar comets, navigating to the stars, the social lives of quarks, and the lost rivers of Mars
Jul 15
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Alastair Williams
22
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The Week in Space and Physics: Vera Rubin’s First Images
On the first images from the Vera Rubin Observatory, the eclipses of Proba-3, a photograph of an exoplanet, and the Axiom-4 mission.
Jul 1
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Alastair Williams
18
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The Week in Space and Physics: The Edge of the Solar System
On another dwarf planet, Tianwen-2, the most distant known galaxy, and Starship.
Jun 6
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Alastair Williams
19
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The Week in Space and Physics: The Aurora on Other Worlds
On photographing the aurora, proposed budget cuts for NASA, the next decade of China's space exploration, and ice around distant stars
May 22
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Alastair Williams
18
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