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A baby star's planet-forming disk has 3 times more water than all of Earth's oceans
Astronomers have discovered that the water content of a planet-forming disk around an infant star is enough to fill Earth's oceans three times over.
Zombie star earns metal scar while chewing its own planets: 'Nothing like this has been seen before'
A zombie star feasting on its surrounding planets and asteroids hasn't escaped the cannibalistic process unscathed. Resulting debris has given this white dwarf a metal scar.
The Milky Way's enormous, star-studded 'Radcliffe Wave' is literally waving
Scientists studied the Radcliffe Wave, a giant star-studded structure not far from our sun, to see that it is indeed "waving."
James Webb Space Telescope spots neutron star hiding in supernova wreckage
The neutron star stayed hidden for 37 years while lurking in the wreckage of a stellar explosion, Supernova 1987A.
Radio signals from Orion nebula reveal new data about strange celestial objects: 'JuMBOS'
Astronomers have discovered a radio signal from a 'JuMBO' in the Orion nebula, a weird celestial object discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope that defy star and planet formation models.
Scientists create 5 new isotopes to learn how neutron star collisions forge gold
Scientists have brought the stars 'down to Earth' by creating 5 new isotopes that could reveal how heavy elements like gold are created when neutron stars smash together.
Black hole-like 'gravastars' could be stacked like Russian tea dolls
A new solution to Einstein's theory of general relativity suggests a hypothetical star could be made of stacked black holes.
For this dead star, 72 years is a single Earth day
Ultimately, this could reveal how stars smaller than Jupiter are born.
