Researchers have used sophisticated computer simulations that could answer a burning question in astrophysics
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Astronomers use car engines to investigate hot exoplanet atmospheres
The results of a collaboration between French astronomers and applied combustion experts have been presented at the European Week of Astronomy and Space Science (EWASS)
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Space telescope maps star’s ‘death spiral’ into a black hole
Some 290 million years ago, a star much like the Sun wandered too close to the central black hole of its galaxy
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NASA selects mission to study black holes up close
A mission that will allow astronomers to explore the hidden details of some of the most extreme and exotic objects in the universe has been announced
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Most luminous, energetic pair of stars found outside Milky Way
The dual-star system produces a cyclic flood of gamma rays, the highest-energy form of light
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Most Earth-like planet most likely to be uninhabitable
The exoplanet could have been made hostile by vast quantities of radiation
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5 facts about binary stars
5 Amazing facts about these stellar twins