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Published Stars disappear before our eyes - Stars Disappear Before Our Eyes: The Mystery of Vanishing Stars



A startling analysis from Globe at Night -- a citizen science program -- concludes that stars are di ...
Published Star formation in distant galaxies by the James Webb Space Telescope - Star Formation in Distant Galaxies by the James Webb Space Telescope


Thanks to the James Webb Space Telescope's first images of galaxy clusters, researchers have, for th...
Published NASA's Fermi detects first gamma-ray eclipses from 'spider' star systems - NASA's Fermi Detects First Gamma-Ray Eclipses from 'Spider' Star Systems


Scientists have discovered the first gamma-ray eclipses from a special type of binary star system us ...
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 When the stars align: Astronomers find answers to mysterious action of ghost stars in our Galaxy



Scientists have found a source for the mysterious alignment of stars near the Galactic Center. ...
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 A star is born: Nearby galaxies provide clues about star formation - A Star is Born: Nearby Galaxies Provide Clues About Star Formation


Researchers have released their findings on polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the interstellar med...
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 Astronomers uncover a one-in-ten-billion binary star system: Kilonova progenitor system - Astronomers Discover Rare Kilonova Progenitor System


Astronomers using data from the SMARTS 1.5-meter Telescope at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observ...
Published Medium and mighty: Intermediate-mass black holes can survive in globular clusters



New research demonstrated a possible formation mechanism of intermediate-mass black holes in globula...
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 Metal-poor stars are more life-friendly - Metal-Poor Stars: The Key to Life-Friendly Planets



A star's chemical composition strongly influences the ultraviolet radiation it emits into space and ...
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 Scientists detect slowest-spinning radio emitting neutron star ever recorded



Scientists have detected what they believe to be a neutron star spinning at an unprecedentedly slow ...
Published Astrophysics: Scientists observe high-speed star formation - Astrophysics: Scientists Observe High-Speed Star Formation



New observations have brought to light that stars can form through the dynamic interaction of gas wi ...