What's the weirdest planet in the solar system?

I bet your answer is different than mine!

Here's what I think:

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/whats-the-weirdest-planet-in-the-solar-system/

RE: https://mastodon.social/@badastro/116414821153296540

This is my 2^10th issue of the BAN, and also its 8th anniversary! To celebrate, I am deeply discounting paid subscriptions, and doing so in the most nerdalistic way I could think of: a month is $3.20 and a year is $32: each based on 2^5. :) Click through to see more and sign up!

Today's BA Newsletter has an *INCREDIBLE* JWST image of Sharpless 2-305, a star-forming nebula that will crush your brain into subatomic dust (complimentary).

https://badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/happy-2-10th-8th-anniversary-issue-to-celebrate-here-s-a-deep-discount

[my thanks to @markmccaughrean for his help with this; he took the image!]

As I enjoy doing, I present a cosmic distraction for you, and it's a doozy: a JWST shot of the spiral galaxy NGC 5134 is fire, I tell you. FIRE.

https://badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/a-galaxy-aflame

Did you know that NASA will be *flying* around on Saturn's ridiculously huge moon Titan… in less than TEN YEARS?

Yeah, Dragonfly is awesome.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/nasas-dragonfly-mission-will-send-a-nuclear-powered-flying-drone-to-titan/

I wrote this!

Cassiopeia's belly button is weird.

https://badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/a-naked-eye-monster-star-turns-out-to-be-way-more-complicated-than-you-d-think

Paid subscribers to the Bad Astronomy Newsletter can read today about immense lightning bolts on Jupiter, and the fact that THERE ARE EARTH-SIZED PLANETS EVERYWHERE.

https://badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/looking-for-planets-on-average-you-ll-find-one-around-every-red-dwarf

Today, humans will fly around the moon.

So let's take a look at what they saw as they left our planet. It's… a lot. And it's amazing.

https://badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/view-from-a-height-the-earth-from-artemis-ii

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In 1991, a subatomic particle traveling *just* under the speed of light — and I do mean "just" — slammed into Earth's atmosphere with the energy of a major league basebal pitch!

But... where did it come from? And how?

A thing I wrote:

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/where-did-the-oh-my-god-particle-come-from/

I have a truly SPECTACULAR image from JWST of a nebula and star cluster that will rock your universe!

https://badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/two-jwst-stories-an-incredible-nebula-star-cluster-image-and-a-map-of-dark-matter

Bonus: A JWST map of dark matter, so, whoa.