Astronomy

Astronomy

What the famous 1987A supernova left behind

The signature of ionized argon gas (right) in the 1987A supernova cloud has provided clues to the existence of a neutron star at the...
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Astronomy

Food trail discovered on cannibalistic star

Artist's impression of the white dwarf WD 0816-310, its magnetic field and the disk made of debris from the former planetary system. ©...
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Neighboring stars can blow away planet-building material

Image of the Orion Nebula and zoom on the protoplanetary disk d203-506, taken with the James Webb Space Telescope. © Background image: NASA/ESA/CSA/S....
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How much oxygen is there on the ocean moon?

Charged particles from Jupiter split frozen water molecules on Europa into oxygen and hydrogen. Some O₂ could then be bound in the ice...
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Astronomy

Not every supposed northern light is a real aurora

A normal aurora (left) consists of glowing curtains of red, green and blue. An “enhanced aurora” (right) contains a thin, brighter layer that...
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CO₂ poverty could reveal the ease of living

Compared to its neighboring planets, the Earth has a low CO₂ content in the atmosphere, which is mainly due to the binding of the...
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Astronomy

Supernovae provide new data on dark energy

The Dark Energy Survey measured the distance and redshift of almost 1,500 supernovae. This provides information about the cosmic expansion and the effect...
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Supernova explosion with dense results

Artist's impression of the supernova in astronomers' sights. © ESO/L. Calcada A look at the formation of a super-compact celestial body: Astronomers have observed a...
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Planet building material in the mirror of three rings

Artist's impression of the disk structure around the star HD 144432 with evidence of silicates and iron in the rings. ©Jenry ...
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Astronomers find oldest black hole

Galaxy with an active black hole at the center (illustration). © Pitris/ iStock Since the James Webb Space Telescope became operational, astronomers have been able...
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Water in the gas shell of a nearby planet

This is what the exoplanet GJ 9827d could look like, the smallest exoplanet to date where water vapor has been detected in the atmosphere....
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Astronomy

Cosmic particle puzzle

There are some extremely energetic phenomena in the cosmos. But where the most energetic portion of cosmic rays comes from is still unknown....
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Disk discovered around extragalactic star

Artist's impression of the young star in the Large Magellanic Cloud drawing material from a dusty disk and ejecting some of it in jets....
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Inferno in Germany’s prehistoric times

The crash of a planetoid measuring around 1.5 kilometers in size almost 15 million years ago unleashed a true inferno where the town of...
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Amazing giant planet of a dwarf star discovered

This comparison with the Earth and the Sun illustrates the astonishing mass ratio of the newly discovered planet to its parent star. ©...
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Previously hidden “naked stars” discovered

Artist's impression of the withdrawal of the hydrogen shell in a binary star system. © Navid Marvi, courtesy of the Carnegie Institution for...
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Extragalactic star breeding grounds mapped

Special molecular radiation (highlighted in color) shows the regions with star-forming clouds in the Whirlpool Galaxy. © Thomas Müller (HdA/MPIA), S. Stuber et...
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Liquid layer discovered on Mars core

This illustration shows the reflection of seismic waves from the newly discovered liquid layer between the Martian core and the Martian mantle. ©...
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Astronomy

People believed to be dead live longer

Presumed witness to a cosmic collision: The planet Halla, 532 light-years away, may once have orbited two closely spaced stars - even as matter...
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Black holes twist their jets

Detailed view of the spiral plasma structures in blazar 3C 279. © NASA/DOE/Fermi LAT Collaboration; VLBA/Jorstad et al.; RadioAstron/Fuentes et al ...
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