The Livability of Exoplanets Orbiting White Dwarf Stars
Among the roughly 10 billion white dwarf stars in the Milky Way galaxy, a greater number than previously expected could ...
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80 million pixels reveal the brilliance of a star cluster
RCW 38 lies approximately 5,500 light-years away in the constellation Vela. Unlike many star clusters that appear as simple ...
Space on MSN13h
Astronomers have brought you a space Valentine: The Tarantula of the cosmos
As the most intense star-forming region in the Local Group, 30 Doradus is of particular importance to astronomers.
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Fastest exoplanet ever is dragged through space at 1.2 million mph by hypervelocity star
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's super Neptune! But this Superman-mimicking planet is not blasting through space on its own. It is being dragged along by its parent star.
From collisions to stellar cannibalism—the surprising diversity of exploding white dwarfs
Astrophysicists have unearthed a surprising diversity in the ways in which white dwarf stars explode in deep space after assessing almost 4,000 such events captured in detail by a next-gen ...
Scientific American18h
JWST Spies a Giant Space Hamburger—and Maybe Planetary Origins, Too
It’s neither fast nor food, but a spectacular object called HH 30 looks appetizing for astronomers in a new image from the ...
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Orange Forecast
Cloudy. Very high chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm, possibly severe with possible heavy falls. Winds northwesterly 15 to 20 km/h becoming light in the evening. Sun protection ...