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Astronomers discover two stars that joined together to form a binary system just 60 years ago
Using ALMA, astronomers have watched as two stars come together to form a massive stellar binary, finding chaos that indicates they emerged from different backgrounds.
Stars forge and deliver the elements that make up your body — and scientists may finally know how
Scientists are close to understanding how stars forge the elements that comprise our planet, bodies and pretty much everything else around us, and how they explode to distribute these elements.
The bubbling surface of doomed supergiant star Betelgeuse has been revealed like never before
Betelgeuse may be a well-known and often-studied stellar object, but that doesn't mean astronomers aren't capable of capturing this doomed star in a completely new light.
Scientists just found the fastest known star in the Milky Way. It zooms around our black hole at 15,500 miles per second
Astronomers have found the fastest known star in the Milky Way, a faint object racing around Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the heart of our galaxy.
Scientists find dead star that predicts our sun's future: 'Broken apart and returned to the galaxy'
A composite image of data from the Hubble Space Telescope, the Kitt Peak four-meter telescope and MOTHRA reveal the Helix Nebula. We can see the bow shocks, particularly on the left.
Is empty space really empty? This magnetic star may finally solve a 90-year-old mystery
"We're not just studying astronomical objects anymore; we're using them to test the laws of nature."
Astronomers witness the strange final moments of a massive star's supernova death (video)
Astronomers have captured the death of a massive star from its first faint flash of X-rays, revealing an unusual supernova.
Betelgeuse, Betelgeuse! Astronomers capture clearest image yet of famous star's elusive companion
"These are among the best moments in science: seeing something new, unexpected."
