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AaS! 36: What is the cosmic microwave background? (Part 1)

What is the cosmic microwave background? How was it discovered? What did it have to do with the great debate between Big Bang theory and the Steady State model? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 35: What are "virtual particles"?

What are virtual particles? What do they have to do with waving fields around? And why can’t physicists use meaningful jargon words? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 34: What is the Great Attractor?

What is the so-called Great Attractor? What’s the Zone of Avoidance, and is it scary? What makes galaxies move in the first place? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 33: What if the moon disappeared?

What would happen if the moon disappeared tomorrow? What makes it so special in the first place? Does it really *do* anything useful? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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AaS! 32: Where do nebulae come from?

How are nebulae formed or created? Where do they go when they’re done being nebulae? How is it linked to the formation of stars? I discuss these questions and more in today’s Ask a Spaceman!

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