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Scientists capture 51 images showing exoplanets coming together around other stars: 'This data set is an astronomical treasure'
The Very Large Telescope's SPHERE instrument captured unprecedented images of 51 dusty rings shaping young planetary systems.
Why is this star so weird? Maybe because it ate one of its own planets
Astronomers are just beginning to scratch the surface of the complex, and sometimes violent, relationships between planets and their parent stars.
Do the cores of dead stars exist forever?
Regular stars collapse and die once they run out of fuel for their nuclear reactions, but the white dwarfs just sit there, hanging out, for eternity.
Huge red giant star has newfound companion — and it may be a bad neighbor
"Throwing a close companion into the mix could possibly wreak further havoc on the already complicated processes surrounding these stars."
Astronomers spot 1st coronal mass ejection from an alien star — and that's bad news in the search for life
"Astronomers have wanted to spot a coronal mass ejection on another star for decades. We’ve now managed to do this for the first time."
How compact can a neutron star get before collapsing into a black hole?
This new analysis could be used to test the physics of quantum chromodynamics in the future.
A doomed planet is being torn up by its 'zombie' white dwarf star — but astronomers don't understand why
The destroyed planet has spewed material onto the white dwarf's surface, with astronomers detecting 13 different elements originating from the rocky body.
Giant star Betelgeuse has a 'Betelbuddy' — and it's very little indeed
Astronomers have sighted Betelgeuse’s mysterious companion — and it’s turning out to be full of surprises.
