The Dharma Planet Survey has shown that science fiction may be a little less so
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NEW IMAGE RELEASE: Exoplanet hunter shares new results
NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) is now providing valuable data to help scientists discover and study exciting new exoplanets, or planets beyond our Solar System
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Oddball features spotted around neutron star for the first time
The observation could help astronomers better understand the evolution of these collapsed stellar cores
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Hubble looks at the universe’s earliest galaxies
The first set of observations for the BUFFALO survey began with the galaxy cluster Abell 370
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Magnetic fields found to strongly influence star formation
Using supercomputer simulations, this astronomer was able to understand how magnetic fields interact with stellar winds in star forming clouds
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AI helps find mysterious cosmic radio bursts
This new technique has aided the Breakthrough Listen project, led by the SETI Institute
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What is the difference between a globular cluster and an open cluster?
They both contain stars but what’s the difference?
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Galactic collision formed an ‘x-ray ring’
The Chandra X-ray Observatory has revealed a ring of black holes or neutron stars, or even both, 300 million light years away from Earth
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What is an accretion disk?
Often found around a star or black hole, we find out what an accretion disc is
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New stellar database created for exoplanet exploration
The Hypatia Catalog has data on thousands of stars, and hundreds of exoplanets, that have been observed over 35 years
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Planet formation caught in the act
Astronomers have not only directly imaged the newborn planet, but they have now proven that it is actively accreting mass
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Distant exoplanet “weighed” by space observatories
Prolonged data collect by ESA’s Gaia and Hipparcos satellites revealed the mass of exoplanet Beta Pictoris b
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Earth’s ingredients found around distant stars
This study will show how Earth-like planets are formed and what astronomers need to look for in other planetary systems
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What happens when two galaxies collide?
Do things crash together or is it more serene?
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Astronomers discover dwarf galaxies are being stripped of star formation fuel
New simulations of distant dwarf galaxies show they can have their gas stolen by a larger galaxy, similar to the two Magellanic Clouds encompassing the Milky Way
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Where would a compass point to in space?
Josh Barker from the National Space Centre gets to the bottom of this interesting question for us.
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What could antimatter look like?
Sophie Allan from the National Space Centre takes a look at this question for us
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Water in ultrahot Jupiters is perpetually broken down and reformed
As ultrahot Jupiters sit close to their host star, the dayside starlight splits apart water molecules, for it to reform on the nightside
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What’s at the centre of a galaxy cluster?
Gemma Lavender gets to the bottom of this question for us
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Another blow to the dark matter theory
A recent study has tried to identify dark matter at the centre of our galaxy, but it appears neutron stars can account for their observations