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The Trifid Nebula and environs. Credit: RubinObs/NOIRLab/SLAC/NSF/DOE/AURA
June 2, 2026 Issue #1044
Debunking bad science: the quick, the middle, and the long-term
A new research paper lays out the issues
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JWST sees massive stars clearing away their dusty, gaseous birth blankets
The Trifid Nebula and environs. Credit: RubinObs/NOIRLab/SLAC/NSF/DOE/AURA
June 1, 2026 Issue #1043
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Massive star clusters emerge faster from their cocoons
Massive stars are the culprit, dissolving...
Radioactive cosmic dust is raining down on Earth’s surface
The Trifid Nebula and environs. Credit: RubinObs/NOIRLab/SLAC/NSF/DOE/AURA
May 28, 2026 Issue #1042
Earth is accumulating radioactive dust from recent nearby supernovae
So yeah, this is happening, but don’t panic
Iron-60 is a radioactiv...
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