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Rare extreme helium star identified by astronomers 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 29, 2017
Astronomers have identified another rare example of an extreme helium star.

By David Aragorn
Black holes swallow stars whole according to new study 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 14, 2017
Observations suggest that black holes swallow doomed stars whole, increasing the mystery surrounding these celestial monsters

By David Aragorn
Do Stars Vanish Into a Black Hole or Crash Against a Surface? A New Test Answers 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 8, 2017
Some have cast doubt about the existence of black hole event horizons from which nothing, not even light, can escape the gravitational pull.

By David Aragorn
UFO Headline News May 24, 2017 0
- Podcasts
- May 26, 2017
UFO Headline News May 24, 2017

By Carole Carle
UFO Headline News May 25, 2017 0
- Podcasts
- May 26, 2017
UFO Headline News May 25, 2017

By Carole Carle
Star in closest orbit ever seen around black hole 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 28, 2017
Astronomers have found evidence of a star that whips around a likely black hole twice an hour. This could be the tightest orbital dance ever seen by a black hole and a companion star in our own Milky Way galaxy.

By David Aragorn
Hubble Witnesses Massive Comet-Like Object Pollute Atmosphere of a White Dwarf 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 17, 2017
For the first time, scientists using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have witnessed a massive object with the makeup of a comet being ripped apart and scattered in the atmosphere of a white dwarf, the burned-out remains of a compact star.

By David Aragorn
Oldest, biggest black holes may have come from enormous stars 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 15, 2017
The earliest supermassive black holes may have been big to start with. If so, it would help explain the recent detection of such beasts within a billion years of the big bang.

By David Aragorn
Ancient Stardust Sheds Light on the First Stars 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 11, 2017
Most distant object ever observed by ALMA

By David Aragorn
An Enormous Exoplanet Is Having a Strange Influence on Its Star 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- February 24, 2017
There’s a star about 370 light-years from here that’s pulsating in response to its unusually heavy planetary companion. It’s the first time that astronomers have seen this sort of interaction between a planet and its host star.

By David Aragorn