Holy CRAP these shots of the *immense* star factory NGC 604 from JWST. YeGADS. 

https://badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/mind-stomped-dust-jwst-pic-gigantic-cloud-gas-dusty-dustiness 

 Perhaps you, as I do, sometimes need a jaw-dropping JWST pic of a baby star throwing a *half-light-year-long* tantrum.

Oh, with explanations of what you're seeing too, because that's kinda my thing.

https://badastronomy.substack.com/p/incredible-jwst-shot-of-a-young-star

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 It's Friday, which means…

A new article by me for Scientific American!

Did you know there's an annular solar eclipse next month? Nicknamed the Ring of Fire, the Moon is too small to cover the Sun and leaves an annulus of light around its silhouette!

Here's what you need to know to see it:

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-to-see-the-ring-of-fire-annular-solar-eclipse-of-october-14/

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 There will come a day when I don't have to debunk astrology AGAIN but that day will never come so, like astrology, this post has no premise.

https://badastronomy.substack.com/p/astrology-debunked-again-carbon-detected

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