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The Hubble Space Telescope records images of dying stars
The latest image of the planetary nebula NGC 2371/2 released by NASA last week shows the remnants of a dying star.
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Close-up of cosmic vampires
A multinational research team has just caught the moment when there is a white dwarf
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The strange nebula, keeping the Sun's secret
The team of astronomers at the Institute of Astrophysics in Andalucia (Spain) led by Martin Guerrero discovered a nebula
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Discovered 'Earth materials' in 18 other planetary systems
The new discovery provides more insights into the formation of planets and gives people more opportunities to find Earth-like worlds.
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Detecting super-Earth has 1 year long 42 days
The team of scientists from the University of Florida (USA) has just published the research results on the Monthly Report section of the Royal Astronomical Society of En…
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The process of turning the body of the Sun into a glowing nebula
When the Sun dies, its core heats up fast enough to create observable planetary nebulae from a distance of two million light years.
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The culprit can cause cosmic rays to bombard the Earth
Black holes can tear up a white dwarf star, creating high-energy cosmic rays and neutrinos rushing towards Earth.
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What happens when the Sun dies and devoures the Earth?
Before the Sun was fully enlarged and turned into a giant red star swallowing the Earth, human descendants may have migrated to other planets like Neptune.
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'Dissecting' the oldest planet in the universe
With an estimated life expectancy of 12.7 billion years, the planet called PSR B1620-26b holds the oldest known planetary record.
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What is a white dwarf?
Not the name of a star, that's the name of a star. Like humans, the planets' life is divided into three phases: young, middle-aged, old.
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Witness the supernova explosion that seems to be only in sci-fi movies
A recent observation using the Las Cumbres Observatory (LCO) has helped astrophysicists discover a new supernova explosion crashing into its companion star.
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For the first time, the scientific community determined the mass of a star
The researchers revealed how the gravitational pull of a white dwarf bends space and bends the light of a distant star behind it.
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Interesting things you didn't know about the 25,800 year old Northern star
The North Star (SBC) is not the brightest star, but its brightness is only average. In the ranking of the brightest stars, SBC did not even reach the top 40 but only ran…
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Earth's tragedy when the Sun swells up to 100 times
New research by Belgian scientists shows that when the Sun swells 100 times, swallowing Mercury and Venus, life on Earth will become ashes.