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Jillian Scudder

Jillian Scudder is an astrophysicist at Oberlin College. She is the author of The Milky Way Smells of Rum and Raspberries : …And Other Amazing Cosmic Facts. Her previous book was Astroquizzical: A Curious Journey Through Our Cosmic Family Tree. Her work has appeared in Forbes, Quartz, and elsewhere. Follow her on Twitter @Jillian_Scudder.

It Spins!

What the first evidence of a spinning supermassive black hole means.

October 19, 2023

The Shiniest Planet Has Clouds of Metal and Glass

This exoplanet’s sun should have obliterated its atmosphere. It's still going strong.

July 21, 2023

Saturn’s Rings Could Be Younger Than Flowers

We’re lucky that a relatively recent catastrophe created the gas-giant spectacle.

May 31, 2023

The Moon Smells Like Gunpowder

Why dirt on the moon (and Mars) would be dangerous to live with.

February 8, 2023