ESA’s XMM-Newton has found a pulsar – the spinning remains of a once-massive star – that is a thousand times brighter than previously thought possible
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Space telescope ‘hears’ stellar heartbeat from a planetary companion
“Just in time for Valentine’s Day, we have discovered the first example of a planet that seems to be causing a heartbeat-like behaviour in its host star”
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Astronomers see star being reborn in a nebula’s bright flash
Using the Hubble Space Telescope we’ve been able to study stellar evolution in real time
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Hubble image release: Spacecraft snaps ancient cosmic cluster
NGC 4833, captured in all its glory, is one of over 150 globular clusters known to reside within the Milky Way
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Astronomers find unlikely star to be a magnetic powerhouse
A dim, cool dwarf star is generating a surprisingly powerful magnetic field, one that rivals the most intense magnetic regions of our own Sun
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New image of nearby galaxy captured by Earth-based telescope
From an area free of light pollution, the Sculptor Dwarf Galaxy has been imaged in exquisite detail by the European Southern Observatory
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Spotted! New worlds thriving in deadly star cluster
Data from NASA’s troubled Kepler Space Telescope has revealed more evidence that planets can survive in chaotic and hostile environments thanks to its discovery of two new worlds sneaking across their stars in a star cluster.
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What do the different ways of identifying stars with numbers mean?
How do we catalogue stars in the night sky?
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Rare trio of quasars uncovered
Quasars might be rare, but a team of astronomers have hit the jackpot by uncovering three of these distant objects.
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What is a nova?
It might not be super, but it’s still a very impressive explosion.