One of the largest known stars in the universe underwent a dramatic transformation in 2014, new research shows, …
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Space
Twinkling Star Reveals the Shocking Secrets of Turbulent Plasma in Our Cosmic Neighborhood
by Troy OakesWith the most powerful radio telescope in the Southern Hemisphere, we have observed a twinkling star and discovered …
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Space
Betelgeuse Is Continuing to Behave Mysteriously: What Would Happen if It Exploded?
by Troy OakesThe bright, red star Betelgeuse in the constellation Orion has shown some unexpected behavior. In late 2019 and …
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Analyzing data from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and several other observatories, astronomers have concluded that the bright red …
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Computer simulations are showing astrophysicists how massive clumps of gas within galaxies scatter some stars from their orbits, …
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An international team of researchers has found that neon inside a certain massive star can eat so many …
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When small, dense stars called white dwarfs explode, they produce bright, short-lived flares called Type Ia supernovae. These …
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Astronomers have found the ghostly remains of one of the Universe’s first stars inside a rare, ancient star …
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Astronomers have found what could be one of the universe’s oldest stars, a body almost entirely made of …
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An international research team, including The Australian National University (ANU), has used the Kepler space telescope in coordination …