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Neutron star collisions could briefly trap a bunch of cosmic ghosts
By Robert Lea published
Neutron stars smashing together may create and trap ghost particles called neutrinos, and this discovery could help us better understand how elements like gold are forged.

How neutron stars 'playing it cool' could unlock exotic physics
By Keith Cooper published
Neutron stars with surface temperatures millions of degrees cooler than expected rule out a swathe of possible models to describe the physics of such objects.

This long-studied star is actually a stellar duo: 'We were absolutely stunned'
By Sharmila Kuthunur published
A young star that astronomers have studied for decades has been found to be part of a duo, encircled by a disk of material within which planets may have just begun coalescing.

Something 'kicked' this hypervelocity star racing through the Milky Way at 1.3 million miles per hour (video)
By Robert Lea published
A low-mass star races through the Milky Way at over a million miles per hour, a journey that began with either the supernova explosion of a vampire star or an encounter with black holes.

To calibrate telescopes on Earth, NASA's launching an 'artificial star' to orbit
By Sharmila Kuthunur published
In 2029, the Landolt satellite launched into Earth's orbit will serve to calibrate telescopes on Earth.

Cosmic 'koi fish' swims through starry sea in stunning telescope photo
By Samantha Mathewson published
The Gum 3 nebula, which resembles a swimming koi fish, is captured in a stunning new photo from the European Southern Observatory's VLT Survey Telescope.

'Supernova discovery machine' James Webb Space Telescope finds most distant star explosion on record
By Robert Lea published
The JWST has proven itself to be a "supernova discovery machine" by finding 80 exploding stars in the infant universe, including the most distant and earliest supernova ever seen.

'Vampire stars' explode after eating too much — AI could help reveal why
By Robert Lea published
Type Ia supernovas erupt when white dwarf "dead stars" vampirically feast on a companion star. Researchers are turning to AI to better understand why.
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