SCIENCE

Astronomy’s first gap-clearing planet fills in our “missing link” | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Nov, 2025

Press enter or click to view image in full size This composite image of the WISPIT 2 system, including exoplanet…

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Starts With A Bang podcast #123 — Alien physics | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Nov, 2025

Press enter or click to view image in full size This image shows the cover of Dr. Daniel Whiteson’s and…

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How to understand Einstein’s relativity without math | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Nov, 2025

Press enter or click to view image in full size The longer a photon’s wavelength is, the lower in energy…

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Ask Ethan: Could evolving dark energy lead to a Big Crunch? | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Nov, 2025

Press enter or click to view image in full size The far distant fates of the Universe offer a number…

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Groupthink in science isn’t a problem; it’s a myth | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Nov, 2025

Press enter or click to view image in full size The Solar System formed from a cloud of gas, which…

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Where does the expanding Universe begin? | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Nov, 2025

Press enter or click to view image in full size This large-field, 2014-era composite Hubble image of the colliding galaxy…

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Ask Ethan: Why couldn’t the Universe have expanded forever? | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Oct, 2025

Press enter or click to view image in full size There is a large suite of scientific evidence that supports…

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Red dwarfs aren’t uninhabitable; we’re just impatient | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Oct, 2025

Press enter or click to view image in full size This graphic compares a Sun-like star with a red dwarf,…

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Ask Ethan: Is the Hubble tension the same thing as dark energy? | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Oct, 2025

Press enter or click to view image in full size This slice of the DESI data maps celestial objects from…

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The true cost of “solar power at night” with Reflect Orbital | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Oct, 2025

Press enter or click to view image in full size A new proposal by US-based startup Reflect Orbital seeks to…

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