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Rare Daytime Lunar Occultation: Watch Venus Disappear

Okay, so picture this: you're just going about your day, maybe fixing a leaky faucet or trying to figure out why the garage door opener suddenly stopped working (been there,…

Brent Wisekey June 21, 2026

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Eyes on Exoplanets: A Beginner’s Guide to Finding New Worlds

If you've been looking into Eyes on Exoplanets tutorial, okay, so I spend a lot of time thinking about home improvement, right? Like, "Should I really tackle that leaky faucet…

Brent Wisekey June 17, 2026

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SpaceX Satellites: An Accidental Geoengineering Experiment

If you've been looking into SpaceX satellites, you know, for a long time, if you looked up at the night sky and saw a streaking light, your first thought might…

Brent Wisekey June 13, 2026

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Gold’s Cosmic Origin: The Stellar Birth of Earth’s Precious Metal

If you've been looking into gold's cosmic origin, you probably think of gold as something dug out of the ground, right? We all do. We picture miners, dusty tunnels, the…

Brent Wisekey June 4, 2026

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Supermassive Black Hole Without a Galaxy: Rewriting Cosmic Rules

If you've been looking into supermassive black hole without a galaxy, alright, so we've all got that mental image of a galaxy, right? A beautiful spiral or an elliptical smudge,…

Brent Wisekey May 30, 2026

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Dark Matter Discovery? Scientists May Have Detected It By Accident

Ever notice how the stars at the edge of a galaxy seem to be spinning way too fast? Like, defying the laws of physics fast? That’s what got scientists scratching…

Brent Wisekey May 19, 2026

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Standard Model Scrutinized: Physicists’ Survey Shakes Cosmology

Remember that time you were absolutely sure you'd fixed that leaky faucet, only to find a bigger puddle the next morning? Yeah, cosmology has moments like that too. We've got…

Brent Wisekey May 14, 2026

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Galaxy Halo Discovery: Radio Telescopes Reveal Cluster Secrets

You know how sometimes you look up at the night sky and think about what's really out there? I do. All the time. And scientists have just found something pretty…

Brent Wisekey May 12, 2026

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Lucky Earth? Why We Haven’t Found Other Civilizations

Okay, picture this: You're sitting on your porch, gazing up at the night sky. Billions of stars, each potentially with planets orbiting them. It's easy to imagine life teeming out…

Brent Wisekey May 1, 2026

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Light Pollution Threatens Darkest Skies in Atacama Desert

If you've been looking into light pollution, stargazing. It's something that connects us to the vastness of the universe, a humbling experience that puts our little lives into perspective. But…

Brent Wisekey April 28, 2026