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NASA Hubble Helps Detect ‘Wake’ of Betelgeuse’s Elusive Companion Star
Using new observations from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and ground-based observatories, astronomers tracked the influence of a recently discovered companion…
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Milky Way Is Ripping This Ancient Star Cluster Apart, Astronomers Warn
A globular cluster near the heart of the Milky Way is gradually dissolving, according to a new study published on…
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NASA’s IXPE Measures White Dwarf Star for First Time
By Michael Allen For the first time, scientists have used NASA’s IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarization Explorer) to study a white dwarf…
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Two unstable atoms are rewriting neutron star explosions
Scientists at the Institute of Modern Physics (IMP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have directly measured the masses…
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New Year’s Star Sirius, the moon and Jupiter ring in 2026
Every year, you can ring in the new year by going out at midnight and finding the dazzling star Sirius,…
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Astronomers Stunned By 400 Cosmic Rings Etched Around Baby Star
A groundbreaking discovery published in Nature Astronomy has revealed a cosmic phenomenon that may finally settle a 30-year-old mystery surrounding…
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Most distant supernova: James Webb sees a star explode at cosmic dawn
Astronomers from around the world have reached a major milestone in studying the early universe. Using the James Webb Space…
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Circular Star Trails – NASA
This long-exposure photograph, taken over 31 minutes from a window inside the International Space Station’s Kibo laboratory module, captures the…
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A strange star near a black hole is defying expectations
Astronomers at the University of Hawaiʻi Institute for Astronomy (IfA) have pieced together the dramatic history of a distant red…
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An Eye-catching Star Cluster – NASA
Westerlund 1 is the biggest and closest “super” star cluster to Earth. Data from Chandra and other telescopes is helping…
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