The nearby supernova SN1987A was the subject of X-ray analysis that has led to this discovery
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Can I see the Magellanic Clouds from the Northern Hemisphere?
Is it possible to catch the Southern Hemisphere’s Magellanic Clouds at the furthest northern latitude?
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Gaia identifies intruding stars from other galaxies
Astronomers found hypervelocity stars racing toward the galactic centre, inferring they could have come from other galaxies
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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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Astronomers hunt for stars inside the Tarantula Nebula
By using the stratospheric observatory SOFIA, researchers hope to see the birth of massive stars outside our Milky Way
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Hot cocoon surrounding newborn star spotted for the first time
The discovery marks the first important step for observational studies of extragalactic hot molecular cores and challenges the hidden chemical diversity of our universe
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Hisses from space reveal star’s past life
Astronomers have managed to peer back in time, millions of years before a famous explosion
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Hubble spots supermassive stars
Astronomers have identified nine monster stars with masses over 100 times the mass of the Sun in the star cluster R136
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NASA spot faintest galaxy just 400 million years after the Big Bang
Astronomers harnessing the combined power of NASA’s Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes have found the faintest object ever seen in the early universe
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Astronomers discover hottest ever white dwarf at Milky Way’s edge
With a temperature of 250,000 degrees Celsius, this dying star at the outskirts of our galaxy has even entered its cooling phase
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Is AKARI still operating?
Is this infrared astronomy satellite still scanning the universe?
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New image release: astronomers capture dragon’s life and death
An unfamiliar region of one of our closest neighbours – the Large Magellanic Cloud – has been imaged for the very first time.
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Distance measurement to Large Magellanic Cloud more accurate than ever
The distance to a neighbouring galaxy, the Large Magellanic Cloud, has been measured much more accurately than ever before.