Wandering Adventure Party

@badastro This is A+ material here. Such a cool consequence that is actually kind of simple to grok even though you would never guess. Love it.

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SOHO celebrates 30 years staring at the Sun, and an interesting paper that shows how climate change can cause earthquakes... under *very* specific circumstances.https://badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/soho-s-30th-year-in-space-and-climate-change-induced-earthquakes

Paid subscribers to my newsletter can read about a dinky star with a huge planet, and why that's so weird.Oh, did I mention that signing up now gives you a 20% discount and that this makes a great gift for a nerdy friend? Well, I just did then.https://badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/what-is-this-tiny-star-doing-with-such-a-big-planet

@badastro It's called Apep and is terrifying? Find another one, call it Bast(et) and let it fix it.

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@badastro I find these photos very hopeful because whatever we do the universe is still the most amazing puzzle that has ever evolved (right word???) emerged

@badastro But what if the star eats its Wheaties? Does that help it grow?

Life can be extremely difficult to navigate. I'm lucky enough to have found my way. Maybe I can help you figure out how to find yours. https://badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/what-works-for-you

@badastro Probably a wise choice. A shame, but a wise choice.

What happens when you combine the most powerful infrared telescope ever built with the most powerful X-ray telescope ever built?Absolute, astonishing gorgeousity.https://badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/powers-of-chandra-and-jwst-unite

Have you ever heard of Betty Webster? I hadn't until recently, and she co-discovered the first black hole ever found! Here's her story, to honor her memory and fantastic accomplishment.https://badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/the-woman-who-discovered-the-first-black-hole

In 1885, after traveling for over two million years, the light from an exploding star swept over caused astronomers to think the universe was way smaller than it really is.https://badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/the-irony-of-supernova-1885a

We've only known that other galaxies exist as entities unto themselves for a century — we used to think they were small and inside our Milky Way! But the obsolete terminology stuck around a long time after we figured that out.https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/we-had-a-name-for-galaxies-before-we-knew-they-existed/

@badastro fingers crossed for Alpha Centauri...

Meet what could be our galaxy's next supernova: DFK 52. It's a red supergiant that blew out a COLOSSAL gassy belch, and doesn't thave much longer for this cosmos.https://badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/one-last-stellar-belch-before-exploding

If you need a break from Earthly bullshit may I present to you some cosmic gloriousness? I suspect it may help.https://badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/ngc-3370-stepladder-to-the-universe

Welp, time to fess up: I've been lying to you for years. Years!I've been saying the Milky Way has a flat disk. And it kinda is, but it also very much isn't. It's warped. And corrugated!https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-is-the-milky-way-warped/#DoTheArmWave

@badastro check out 13/03/2029 hapofisiis will be 32 km