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Bad news for alien life? Even calm red dwarf stars rage more violently than the sun
Space via Yahoo News· 1 year agoa small planet beside a violent star A new study of red dwarf stars has revealed that even the...
Astronomers observe scar on white dwarf 'cannibal' star
Reuters via Yahoo News· 3 months agoA slowly cooling stellar ember called a white dwarf with a scar on its face is providing new insight...
Dead ‘cannibal’ star spotted with metal scar after consuming part of a planet
CNN via Yahoo News· 3 months agoSign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating...
Blue stragglers are the weird grandparents of the galaxy
Space via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNGC 1858 is a loosely-bound collection of stars and a place where ionized interstellar gas glows....
Astronomers discover potential habitable exoplanet only 31 light-years from Earth
Space via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAn artist's depiction of Wolf 1069 b. Although astronomers have discovered more than 5,200...
A “Forbidden Planet” Might Have Been Born from the Ashes of Its Star
SYFY via Yahoo News· 11 months agoNothing lasts forever, not even worlds. For our species to continue existing for the long-term, we...
Gorgeous James Webb Space Telescope image captures sparkling stars, old and new
Space via Yahoo News· 2 months agoThe dwarf irregular galaxy I Zwicky 18 lies at the center of this image. The bright region of white...
Scientists reveal Southern Ring Nebula's unexpected structure: 'We were amazed'
Space via Yahoo News· 1 month agoA small bright blue point in the center is surrounded by exploding gas, hued red then diminishing to...
Researchers discover star being consumed by its smaller, deader neighbor
Engadget· 2 years agoThe Sun might be a solitary star in our solar system, but around half of all other stars in the...
James Webb telescope captures 'a preview of the sun's distant future' in stunning new Ring Nebula...
Live Science via Yahoo News· 10 months agoImagine taken by the James Webb Space Telescope of the Ring Nebula (Messier 57). It looks like a...