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Published Complete stellar collapse: Unusual star system proves that stars can die quietly



University of Copenhagen astrophysicists help explain a mysterious phenomenon, whereby stars suddenl ...
Published Astronomers find no young binary stars near Milky Way's black hole - Astronomers Find No Young Binary Stars Near Milky Way's Black Hole



Scientists analyzed over a decade's worth of data about 16 young supermassive stars orbiting the sup ...
Published Discovery tests theory on cooling of white dwarf stars



Open any astronomy textbook to the section on white dwarf stars and you'll likely learn that they ar ...
Published Lone Star State: Tracking a low-mass star as it speeds across the Milky Way



Astronomers have discovered a rare hypervelocity L subdwarf star racing through the Milky Way. More ...
Published Scientists map gusty winds in a far-off neutron star system - Scientists Map Gusty Winds in a Far-Off Neutron Star System



Astronomers have mapped the 'disk winds' associated with the accretion disk around Hercules X-1, a s...
Published Neutron star's X-rays reveal 'photon metamorphosis' - Neutron Star's X-rays Reveal 'Photon Metamorphosis'



A 'beautiful effect' predicted by quantum electrodynamics (QED) can explain the puzzling first obser...
Published Sun-like stars found orbiting hidden companions



Astronomers have uncovered what appear to be 21 neutron stars in orbit around stars like our Sun. Th ...
Published Most massive touching stars ever found will eventually collide as black holes - Most Massive Touching Stars Ever Found Will Eventually Collide as Black Holes



A new study looked at a known binary star (two stars orbiting around a mutual center of gravity), an ...
Published Flaring star could be down to young planet's disc inferno - Flaring Star Could Be Down to Young Planet's Disc Inferno



New simulations offer new explanation for star's 85-year flare. In this scenario, a young giant plan ...
Published Hubble views the dawn of a sun-like star



Looking like a glittering cosmic geode, a trio of dazzling stars blaze from the hollowed-out cavity ...
Published What happens when neutron stars collide?



New simulations show that hot neutrinos created at the interface of merging binary neutron stars are ...
Published Astronomers discover first population of binary stripped stars



Astronomers have discovered a population of massive stars that have been stripped of their hydrogen ...
Published Bizarre 'garden sprinkler-like' jet is spotted shooting out of neutron star



A strange 'garden sprinkler-like' jet coming from a neutron star has been pictured for the first tim ...
Published Scientists find one of the most ancient stars that formed in another galaxy



The first generation of stars transformed the universe. Inside their cores, simple hydrogen and heli ...
Published Researchers discover the universe's oldest stars in our own galactic backyard



Astronomers discovered three of the oldest stars in the universe, and they live in our own galactic ...
Published Never-before-seen way to annihilate a star - Never-Before-Seen Way to Annihilate a Star



Astronomers studying a powerful gamma-ray burst, may have detected a never-before-seen way to destro...
Published Dying stars' cocoons could be new source of gravitational waves - Dying Stars' Cocoons: A New Source of Gravitational Waves



Although astrophysicists theoretically should be able to detect gravitational waves from a single, n...
Published 'Triple star' discovery could revolutionize understanding of stellar evolution



A ground-breaking new discovery could transform the way astronomers understand some of the biggest a...
Published Twinkling stars fuel interstellar dust - Twinkling Stars Fuel Interstellar Dust: A Look into the Cosmic Cycle



Of the many different kinds of stars, asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars, usually slightly larger a ...
Published Webb finds evidence for neutron star at heart of young supernova remnant



NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has found the best evidence yet for emission from a neutron star a ...