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Gaia space telescope discovers 55 'runaway' stars careening away from stellar cluster at 80 times the speed of sound
By Robert Lea published
Using the Gaia space telescope, astronomers have observed 55 massive stars ejected from their home star cluster in the Large Magellanic Cloud at speeds equivalent to 80 times the speed of sound.
NASA's exoplanet hunter TESS spots a record-breaking 3-star system
By Robert Lea published
Using NASA's exoplanet-hunting spacecraft, TESS, astronomers and citizen scientists have discovered a record-breaking system of three tightly bound stars that could fit between the sun and Mercury.
A star-studded Rosette nebula brings gorgeous color to the cosmos
By Keith Cooper published
The Rosette Nebula in Monoceros is captured in all its glory, revealing the sites of star formation and the feedback effects of stars that have already coalesced out of the nebula's molecular gases.
Find your way across countless young stars in this image of a faraway stellar nursery (image)
By Sharmila Kuthunur published
A new telescope image reveals in intricate detail a slice of a well-studied faraway stellar nursery.
Did a star escape cannibalism by its dead 'monster' white dwarf companion?
By Robert Lea published
A distant star has a dead star companion lurking in its vicinity that could be a monster-massive white dwarf, raising the question: how has it avoided being devoured by this cosmic zombie?
The bubbling surface of a distant star was captured on video for the 1st time ever
By Sharmila Kuthunur published
Astronomers have gotten the first-ever detailed views of turbulent activity on a star other than our own sun.
Astronomers discover new 'odd radio circle' near the center of our galaxy
By Keith Cooper published
A mysterious ring invisible at all wavelengths except radio could be a trace of a dramatically unstable star shedding its skin.
Rare Milky Way star cluster is packed with red supergiants 1 million times brighter than the sun
By Robert Lea published
Many red supergiant monster stars lurk in a Milky Way cluster astronomers have discovered with the Gaia space telescope. The cluster, Barbá 2, could help understand why some stars become black holes.
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