Starts With A Bang — October 28, 2018

Happy Halloween from Starts With A Bang!

In a first, I have gone full-astrophysics for Halloween this year.

In all its golden glory, I have put together a James Webb Space Telescope costume this year, complete with sunshield and all!

Happy Halloween, followers!

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Who — or what — really controls your mind?

More than a century ago, Halifax suffered an accidental blast one-fifth the size of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima.

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If you don’t feel better after the weekend, the “burnout paradox” could explain why.

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If you can identify a foreground star, the spike patterns are a dead giveaway as to whether it’s a JWST image or any other observatory.

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