SCIENCE
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100 years ago, Cecilia Payne discovered what the stars are made of | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Apr, 2025
This image shows the core of globular cluster Terzan 5, just 22,000 light-years away in our own Milky Way, with…
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The most distant galaxy has oxygen, and that’s no surprise | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Mar, 2025
This is an artist’s impression of JADES-GS-z14–0, which as of today is the most distant confirmed galaxy. Galaxies in the…
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Ask Ethan: Can we turn Einstein’s equations into Newton’s law? | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Mar, 2025
There may never be another Einstein or another Newton, but we can all learn to utilize their equations under the…
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What are all the different types of nebula in astronomy? | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Mar, 2025
This image shows six diff erent, unrelated planetary nebulae, all with similar, bipolar morphologies. These six objects, NGC 6302, NGC…
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Starts With A Bang podcast #115 — Dwarf galaxies in isolation | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Mar, 2025
However, while most of the dwarf galaxies we know of are found as satellites around larger, more massive galaxies, they…
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Why invest in fundamental research? A former Nazi explains | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Mar, 2025
Ernst Stuhlinger, seated at far left, was one of the early pioneers of NASA and of spaceflight missions in general…
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Ask Ethan: Does the multiverse explain our fundamental constants? | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Mar, 2025
We normally conceive of our Universe as having emerged from a preceding period of cosmic inflation, with our Big Bang…
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There are 7 states of matter; “topoconductor” isn’t one of them | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Mar, 2025
When the proper conditions are achieved, even multiple fermions, which normally cannot occupy the same quantum state, can reach a…
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How astronomers solved the “Zone of Avoidance” puzzle | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Mar, 2025
This image shows a laser guide star being created towards the galactic center of the Milky Way. While the Milky…
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4 key steps to transform the USA back into a scientific nation | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Mar, 2025
In July of 1969, humanity took our first steps on the surface of another world: the Moon. This was the…
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