A research team has discovered new evidence of stars forming in the Milky Way
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Astronomers witness jet erupting from young failed star
Using the SOAR telescope at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, astronomers have reported the discovery of a spectacular extended jet from a young brown dwarf
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Royal Astronomical Society celebrates 200th anniversary by funding five outreach projects
The outreach efforts will unite several communities, including prison inmates, girls and young women
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New Hubble image of Orion Nebula uncovers long-lost star
During their survey of the famous star formation region, astronomers have found what may be the missing piece of a cosmic puzzle
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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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Astronomers hunt for Earth-like worlds in sea of ‘cosmic noise’
Researchers have found a data-driven way to refine the search for worlds similar to our planet
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Astronomers figure out why part of the Sun moves more slowly than its interior
A long-standing solar mystery could have been solved by an international team of scientists
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Cosmic oddity revealed in greater detail by Hubble Space Telescope
The spacecraft has revealed the intricate structure of the galaxy NGC 4696 better than ever before
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Super Earth-based telescope gets first views of ‘pillars of destruction’
New observations of structures within the Carina Nebula have been made using ESO’s Very Large Telescope
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Astronomers think they may have worked out how massive stars form
The strongest evidence yet that the formation of hefty stars follow a path similar to their lower-mass cousins has been found
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NASA spacecraft harvest a batch of ‘pumpkin stars’
Rapidly spinning stars that produce X-rays at more than 100 times the peak levels ever seen from the Sun have been discovered
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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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Possible water vapour plumes spotted erupting from Europa
Missions may be able to sample the Jupiter moon’s ocean without having to drill through miles of ice
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Astronomers explore the “Golden Age” of the universe with ALMA
Scientists have explored the distant corner of the universe first revealed in the iconic images of the Hubble Ultra Deep Field
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New Saturn-mass exoplanet discovered around a pair of stars
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has confirmed the existence of a planet orbiting the OGLE-2007-BLG-349 system
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Astronomers detect echoes from black holes munching on stars
This is the first time we have clearly seen the infrared light echoes from multiple tidal disruption events
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Formation site of giant ice planet discovered around nearby star
Astronomers have found signs of an alien world growing around TW Hydrae
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Star cluster found to host hundreds of black holes
Astronomers have shone light on a globular cluster of stars that could host several hundred black holes, a phenomenon that until recently was thought impossible
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Astronomers discover unusually young, heavyweight star
A young star, located almost 11,000 light years away, which could help us understand how the most massive stars in the universe are formedm, has been found