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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 Look! Up in the sky! Is it a planet? Nope, just a star - Look! Up in the Sky! Is it a Planet? Nope, Just a Star



Among thousands of known exoplanets, astronomers have flagged three that are actually stars. ABSTRAC ...
Published Astronomers find a 'cataclysmic' pair of stars with the shortest orbit yet - Astronomers Discover a 'Cataclysmic' Pair of Stars with the Shortest Orbit Yet


Astronomers have discovered a stellar binary, or pair of stars, with an extremely short orbit, appea ...
Published Small stars share similar dynamics to our sun, key to planet habitability - Small Stars Share Similar Dynamics to Our Sun, Key to Planet Habitability


Scientists show that 'cool' stars like the sun share dynamic surface behaviors that influence their ...
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 Cosmic chocolate pralines: General neutron star structure revealed - Cosmic Chocolate Pralines: General Neutron Star Structure Revealed


Through extensive model calculations, physicistshave reached general conclusions about the internal...
Published Magnetic fields implicated in the mysterious midlife crisis of stars - Magnetic Fields Implicated in the Mysterious Midlife Crisis of Stars


Middle-aged stars can experience their own kind of midlife crisis, experiencing dramatic breaks in t ...
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 Can life emerge on planets around cooling stars? - Can Life Emerge on Planets Around Cooling Stars?


New research hints that planets orbiting white and brown dwarfs, even in the habitable zone, face a...
Published Middle-aged sun observed by tracking motion of Mercury - Middle-Aged Sun Observed by Tracking Motion of Mercury


Like the waistband of a couch potato in midlife, the orbits of planets in our solar system are expan...
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 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 The give and take of mega-flares from stars - The Give and Take of Mega-Flares from Stars


The long relationships between stars and the planets around them - including the Sun and the Earth - ...
Published Alien planet found spiraling to its doom around an aging star - Alien Planet Found Spiraling to Its Doom Around an Aging Star


The condemned planet could help answer questions about the fate of other worlds as their solar syste...
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 Newly discovered celestial object defies categories: Is it a new kind of planet or a rare kind of failed star? - Newly Discovered Celestial Object Defies Categories: Is it a New Kind of Planet or a Rare Kind of Failed Star?


An object discovered by astrophysicists nearly 500 light years away from the Sun may challenge tradi...
Published An old star with ring-like structure: ALMA demonstrates highest resolution yet



ALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array) has demonstrated the highest resolution yet with...
Published Astronomers identify the coldest star yet that emits radio waves



Brown dwarf stars rarely emit radio waves. Here scientists have found the coldest star yet emitting ...
Published Tatooine worlds orbiting two suns often survive violent escapades of aging stars - Tatooine Worlds Orbiting Two Suns Often Survive Violent Escapades of Aging Stars


Planets that revolve around two suns may surprisingly survive the violent late stages of the stars' ...