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The Oddball Star Cluster That Skipped a Phase
Deep in the constellation Cepheus lies NGC 7419, an oddball star cluster that may rewrite the…
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Tiny Telescope Aims for Big Astronomy From the Lunar South Pole
When China’s Chang’e-7 lander touches down near the Shackleton Crater on the Moon, it will carry…
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When Gas Giants Share the Sky: The Discovery of Planetary System TOI-4468
Using the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an international team of astronomers has discovered a new…
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Astronomers May Have Spotted the First-Ever Binary R Coronae Borealis Star
For decades, astronomers believed that the hydrogen-deficient R Coronae Borealis (RCB) stars were strictly solitary survivors…
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CHARA Interferometer Uncovers Hidden Twin Stars in Alpha Piscium
Astronomers have achieved the first successful on-sky demonstration of dual-field interferometry at the Center for High…
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Tracking Knots of Plasma: Astronomers Uncover Single Black Hole Firing Jets at Changing Speeds
Recent observations performed by an international team of astronomers have revealed a surprising phenomenon: the exact…
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Astronomers Spot a Cosmic ‘Hatchling’ Quasar Shedding Its Dusty Cocoon
Astronomers have caught a quasar in a fleeting, violent evolutionary transition. Nicknamed “The Hatchling” (cataloged as…
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Earth Wasn’t Supposed to Have Life: Here’s the Cosmic Accident That Created Us
When our solar system was forming 4.5 billion years ago, Earth should have ended up as…
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Webb Finds Giant “Dust Factory” Hiding Inside a Dead Star
When stars die in violent supernova explosions, astronomers expect them to leave behind chaos. But new…
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The Galaxy That Never Sleeps: How NGC 1385 Keeps Its Starburst Alive
By tracking the chemical fingerprint of the interstellar gas and young stars across the disk of…
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