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A massive 'zombie' star is rampaging away from its home cluster
By Robert Lea published
A long-dead white dwarf star is running away from Hyades star cluster — and it could help astronomers solve a number of cosmic mysteries.
AI just spotted its 1st supernova. Could it replace human explosion hunters?
By Robert Lea published
'Removing humans from the loop provides more time for the research team to analyze their observations and develop new hypotheses to explain the origin of the cosmic explosions that we observe.'
Dead star at heart of cosmic graveyard predicts the sun's fate
By Robert Lea published
Scientists have studied a planetary nebula in Messier 37, as though it were a cosmic crime scene, to determine how the dead star at its heart lived and died.
Mysterious radiation bursts could be coming from 'starquakes' on neutron stars
By Robert Lea published
These starquakes in space could help us study earthquakes at home.
James Webb Space Telescope spotlights gorgeous young stars in a galaxy next door (photo)
By Sharmila Kuthunur published
James Webb Space Telescope captures 1,001 light dots, most of which are sparkling young stars.
Gaia telescope's new data reveals 'goldmine' of over 500,000 undiscovered stars and more
By Robert Lea published
New data from the Gaia space telescope are being called a cosmic "goldmine," including never-seen-before stars, 380 gravity-lensed quasars, and the orbits of over 150,000 asteroids.
'Remarkable' explosions from colliding, dead stars could reveal the true expansion rate of the universe
By Robert Lea published
Two conflicting methods to measure the expansion rate of the universe give different results, but researchers could resolve the disparity by watching merging neutron stars explode.
What are kilonovas?
By Robert Lea published
Reference A kilonova is a bright blast of electromagnetic radiation that happens when two neutron stars or a neutron star and a stellar-mass black hole collide and merge.
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