Phil Plait

Bad Astronomy

My New Year’s Resolution

Lake-Michigan-waves

Discover more about the "Bermuda Triangle" of the Great Lakes and why some think ships have gone missing there. 

No, Ships Aren’t Disappearing in the Great Lakes Triangle

The natal disk of PDS 70 with new planet PDS 70b (bright spot on the right). By studying this system, researchers uncovered a mismatched composition of gases in the planet’s atmosphere compared to gases within the disk. (CREDIT: ESO/A. Müller et al.)


Exoplanet Birth

Understand how observations using some new imaging techniques may change the way we think about how planets are formed.

Young Planet Contains Different Mix of Materials Than the Disc that Birthed It

A study in Nature finds that black holes in the early Universe go through short periods of ultra-fast growth, followed by long periods of dormancy. (Credit: Jiarong Gu)

Artist’s impression of a black hole during one of its short periods of rapid growth

Learn how a black hole from the early universe has fallen asleep after eating too much matter, changing the way researchers view black hole evolution.

My New Year’s Resolution

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