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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…
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…
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…
Quasars Tell The Story Of How Fast The Young Universe Expanded
For those who saw the Cosmos episode on William Herschel describing telescopes as time machines, here is a clear example…
Starquake! How Super-Suns Swing, And What It Could Look Like
Much like how an earthquake can teach us about the interior of the Earth, a starquake shows off certain properties…