Gas giant beta Pictoris b has been heavily studied since 2009, but now its identical twin has been spotted orbiting two brown dwarf stars
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Why does a gas planet not have a gas moon?
Do all moons have to be solid? Let’s find out.
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Hubble and Gaia unite to understand cosmic expansion
Using the power and synergy of two space telescopes, astronomers have made the most precise measurement to date of the universe’s expansion rate.
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Astronomers have located the source of mysterious “ghost particle”
For the first time ever, high-energy cosmic neutrinos have been detected coming from an energetic galaxy known as a blazar
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Astronomers propose new way of measuring the universe’s expansion
Signals from rare black hole-neutron star pairs could pinpoint rate at which universe is growing
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Distant quasar imaged in unprecedented detail
This quasar could tell astronomers a lot about the state of the early universe and the first-ever galaxies
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What would happen if two black holes collided?
What happens when an unstoppable force meets another unstoppable force…
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What gives a star its colour?
Find out why stars come in different colours
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Astronomers use neutron stars to justify Einstein’s famous theory
This result is ten-times more precise than the previous best test of gravity, making the evidence for Einstein’s Strong Equivalence Principle that much stronger
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Milky Way collided with ‘sausage’ galaxy roughly eight billion years ago
Astronomers propose that between eight and 10 billion years ago, a dwarf galaxy collided with the Milky Way and completely reshaped the galaxy
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NuSTAR observes cosmic rays shooting from a pair of massive stars
The X-ray emission detected from Eta Carinae shows highly energetic cosmic rays ejecting from the massive stars
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A planet being born has been directly imaged for the first time ever
This young planet is shaping its host primordial disk and its atmosphere appears to be cloudy
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Is there a centre of the universe?
Gemma Lavender gets to the bottom of this question for us.
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How many arms does the Milky Way have?
Gemma Lavender spirals her way into this question for us.
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Peering inside the Pillars of Creation
A new study explores how these iconic columns are influenced by the magnetic fields within them
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Two exoplanets are more Earth-like than previously thought
New research into spin dynamics suggests these Earth-like exoplanets have regular seasons and stable climates
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Astronomers find ‘space grease’ in Milky Way
“It’s not the kind of thing you’d want to spread on a slice of toast!”
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Supercomputer simulates star formation
Researchers have developed computer simulations that show the evolution of stars from massive clouds of gas
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Planets form before their host star matures
This discovery comes from observations of the developing star TMC1A, located in the constellation Taurus
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New test to clarify existence of dark matter
Researchers have used sophisticated computer simulations that could answer a burning question in astrophysics