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.

Cool news: A new and very tiny satellite will stare at red dwarf stars to see if their planets get zapped by stellar flares.

Not so cool news: On top of sea level rise, some land is actually sinking.

https://badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/a-fun-not-really-twist-on-global-warming-land-sinking

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Need a break from the chaos and madness? Oh my, do I have a brain-melting JWST image for you. Behold, the Red Spider Nebula!

https://badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/the-red-spider-nebula-jwst-s-view-of-gorgeously-dying-star

The universe could be filled with teeny-weeny black holes way smaller than protons! Or not. But if so they might have exploded long ago! Unless they're like mountains.

Science is so damned cool.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/is-the-universe-swarming-with-tiny-black-holes/

History doesn't always mean the distant past. The woman who discovered what the universe is made of could have seen Star Wars.

https://badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/the-astronomer-who-discovered-what-the-universe-was-made-of

Today's Bad Astro Newsletter for Premium subscribers: how do we know if a survey of cosmic objects is really catching them all? That can be hard to figure out, but critical to our understanding.

https://badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/how-incomplete-are-we

Hubble watches as a comet tears itself apart. Bonus: It was seen by accident!

https://badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/hubble-accidentally-catches-a-comet-tearing-itself-apart

Just how massive can a star get? Pretty danged massive... but it depends on when you look. A thing I wrote for Scientiifc American, just like I do every Friday!

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/whats-the-most-massive-star-in-the-universe/

So, on top of everything else bad about these zillion-constellation satellite swarms, the debris from them burning up is making the sky brighter.

https://badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/space-debris-is-hurting-us-in-another-way-making-the-sky-brighter