Stars

How CERN’s Discovery of Exotic Particles May Affect Astrophysics

You may have heard that CERN announced the discovery (confirmation, actually. See addendum below.) of a strange particle known as Z(4430). A…

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Have you been following the planet Venus this season? 2014 sees the brightest planet in our Earthly skies spend a…

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For those who saw the Cosmos episode on William Herschel describing telescopes as time machines, here is a clear example…

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Much like how an earthquake can teach us about the interior of the Earth, a starquake shows off certain properties…

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A newly-discovered star of magnitude +10.9 has flared to life in the constellation Cygnus the Swan. Koichi Nishiyama and Fujio Kabashima, both…

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A photogenic grouping greets evening sky watchers this week providing a fine teaser leading up to a spectacular eclipse. On…

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While dust is easy to ignore in small quantities (says the writer looking at her desk), across vast reaches of…

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Billowing gas clouds and young stars feature in this February Hubble Space Telescope image, released as the telescope approaches its…

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It’s a tough old universe out there. A young star has lots to worry about, as massive stars just beginning…

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A stellar monster lurks in heart of the Centaur. A recent analysis of a star in the south hemisphere constellation of…

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