THE CONTINUING MYSTERY OF BETELGEUSE0
- From Around the Web, Space
- February 10, 2020
For months, astronomers have been keeping a wary eye on Betelgeuse, the bright red star in Orion’s shoulder.
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Spectacular rainbow cloud in space spawned by cosmic showdown between stars0
- From Around the Web, Space
- February 7, 2020
The red giant star engulfed its smaller stellar companion
Astronomers Observe a Star Dragging Space-Time With It in a Cosmic Stellar Dance0
- From Around the Web, Space
- February 1, 2020
Einstein’s theory of relativity has been proven right once again.
‘Vampire’ star sparks brilliant ‘super-outburst’ while gorging on its neighbor0
- From Around the Web, Space
- January 30, 2020
An undead vampire star feeds on its victim, the two tug hard on this lifeblood swirling in space — then boom, and repeat.
It Only Takes A Few Thousand Years For Jupiter-Like Planets To Form Around Red Dwarf Stars0
- From Around the Web, Space
- January 25, 2020
With over 4,000 confirmed exoplanets, we’re starting to get an idea of which types are common and which are rare. We’ve learned that our solar system is rather unusual in ways you wouldn’t expect. Take, for example, the presence of large planets orbiting small stars.
Betelgeuse star acting like it’s about to explode, even if the odds say it isn’t0
- From Around the Web, Space
- December 26, 2019
One of the brightest stars in the sky makes up Orion’s shoulder and also looks to be on the verge of going supernova sometime between today and 100,000 years from today.
Astronomers See Stars Slinging Comets at Earth for the First Time0
- From Around the Web, Space
- December 6, 2019
Stars and comets make unlikely dance partners. Their gravitational partnership is one that astronomers have long suspected but have never seen — until now. For the first time, a Polish group has identified two nearby stars that seem to have plucked up their icy partners, swinging them into orbits around our sun.
Evidence of an Alien Planet Spotted Around a White Dwarf, a Cosmic First0
- From Around the Web, Space
- December 6, 2019
The exotic system provides a preview of our own solar system’s fate.
A surprisingly big black hole might have swallowed a star from the inside out, and scientists are baffled0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 29, 2019
About 15,000 light years away, in a distant spiral arm of the Milky Way, there is a black hole about 70 times as heavy as the Sun.
Big star energy: record-breaking explosion recorded0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 23, 2019
Astronomers note record-breaking observation of highest energy ever measured from gamma ray bursts
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