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Discovered: Two New Planets for Kapteyn’s Star
The exoplanet discoveries have been coming fast and furious this week, as astronomers announced a new set of curious worlds…
New Supernova Pops in Bright Galaxy M106 in the ‘Hunting Dogs’
A supergiant star exploded 23.5 million years ago in one of the largest and brightest nearby galaxies. This spring we…
These Ultra-Black ‘Cosmic Clumps’ Will Give Birth To Powerful Stars
When gas and dust squeeze tightly enough together in space, no light can get through and the place is black…
New Supernova Likely Arose From Massive Wolf-Rayet Star
They've been identified as possible causes for supernovae for a while, but until now, there was a lack of evidence linking…
Did That Star Eat A Planet? Rocky Elements Could Tell The Tale
It's amazing what astronomers can figure out from afar, and this now might include whether a star ate a few…
14 Red Dwarf Stars to View with Backyard Telescopes
They’re nearby, they’re common and — at least in the latest exoplanet newsflashes hot off the cyber-press — they’re hot.…
Can Super-Fast Stars Unveil Dark Matter’s Secrets?
Zoom! A star was recently spotted speeding at 1.4 million miles an hour (2.2 million km/hr), which happened to be the closest…
Found! Sun’s ‘Sibling’ Likely Formed From Same Gas Cloud, Astronomers Say
Peer about 110 light-years away from our solar system, and you might catch a glimpse of how our own neighborhood…
Star Trail Photo Hints at Hidden Polestars
A week ago I made a 45-minute time exposure of the southern sky featuring the planet Mars. As the Earth…
Supernova Sweeps Away Rubbish In New Composite Image
Shining 24,000 light-years from Earth is an expanding leftover of a supernova that is doing a great cleanup job in…