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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 Life after death: Astronomers find a planet that shouldn't exist



The star would have inflated up to 1.5 times the planet's orbital distance -- engulfing the planet i...
Published Does this exoplanet have a sibling sharing the same orbit?


Astronomers have found the possible 'sibling' of a planet orbiting a distant star. The team has dete ...
Published Webb telescope reveals asteroid collision in neighboring star system



Astronomers have captured what appears to be a snapshot of a massive collision of giant asteroids in ...
Published Found with Webb: A potentially habitable icy world



A international team of astronomers has made an exciting discovery about the temperate exoplanet LHS ...
Published Intriguing nearby world sized between Earth, Venus



Astronomers have discovered a planet between the sizes of Earth and Venus only 40 light-years away. ...
Published Hubble follows shadow play around planet-forming disk - Hubble Follows Shadow Play Around Planet-Forming Disk



The young star TW Hydrae is playing 'shadow puppets' with scientists observing it with NASA's Hubble...
Published Planetary heist: Astronomers show massive stars can steal Jupiter-sized planets - Planetary Heist: Astronomers Show Massive Stars Can Steal Jupiter-Sized Planets


Jupiter-sized planets can be stolen or captured by massive stars in the densely populated stellar nu...
Published Astronomers identify likely location of medium-sized black holes - Astronomers Identify Likely Location of Medium-Sized Black Holes


Intermediate-mass black holes are notoriously hard to find but a new study indicates there may be so...
Published Heaviest neutron star to date is a 'black widow' eating its mate - Heaviest Neutron Star to Date is a 'Black Widow' Eating its Mate


Millisecond pulsars spin far more rapidly than expected for a collapsed star. The best chance to stu...
Published Astronomers discover closest black hole to Earth - Astronomers Discover Closest Black Hole to Earth


Astronomers have discovered the closest-known black hole to Earth. This is the first unambiguous det ...
Published Astronomers witness the birth of a very distant cluster of galaxies from the early Universe - Astronomers Witness the Birth of a Very Distant Cluster of Galaxies from the Early Universe



Astronomers have discovered a large reservoir of hot gas in the still-forming galaxy cluster around ...
Published Direct image of a black hole expelling a powerful jet - Direct Image of a Black Hole Expelling a Powerful Jet



Astronomers have observed, in one image, the shadow of the black hole at the center of the galaxy Me ...
Published Astronomers detect 'nearby' black hole devouring a star - Astronomers Detect 'Nearby' Black Hole Devouring a Star



Astronomers have discovered a new 'tidal disruption event,' in which the center of a galaxy lights u ...
Published Weigh a quasar's galaxy with precision - Weigh a Quasar's Galaxy with Precision



Scientists have managed to weigh -- more precisely than any other technique -- a galaxy hosting a qu...
Published Astronomers discover last three planets Kepler telescope observed before going dark - Astronomers Discover Last Three Planets Kepler Telescope Observed Before Going Dark



With the help of citizen scientists, astronomers discovered what may be the last three planets that ...
Published Astronomers find evidence for most powerful pulsar in distant galaxy - Astronomers Discover the Most Powerful Pulsar in a Distant Galaxy


Astronomers using data from the VLA Sky Survey have discovered one of the youngest known neutron sta ...
Published New exoplanet discovered - New Exoplanet Discovered: A Breakthrough in Astronomy



Astronomers report the first exoplanet jointly discovered through direct imaging and precision astro ...
Published The tarantula's cosmic web: Astronomers map violent star formation in nebula outside our galaxy - The Tarantula's Cosmic Web: Mapping Violent Star Formation in a Nebula Outside Our Galaxy


Astronomers have unveiled intricate details of the star-forming region 30 Doradus, also known as the ...
Published 'Closest black hole' system found to contain no black hole - Closest Black Hole System Found to Contain No Black Hole



In 2020, astronomers reported the closest black hole to Earth, located just 1000 light-years away in ...