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Science & Tech News tagged with stars

Anatomy of a Dying Star
Science & Tech  (tags: science, research, space, discovery, stars, interesting, news )

Maria
- 48 days ago - dsc.discovery.com
The scientists designed the simulation hoping to uncover what actually triggers a star's death. For decades, scientists have relied on supernovae to serve as mile markers on the highways of space. These exploded stars can be measured for
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Two Planets Identified as Most Similar to Earth
Science & Tech  (tags: Planet, Earth, Science, Stars, Astronomers )

Jollygirl
- 217 days ago - latimes.com
After locating more than 340 planets orbiting other stars, astronomers have identified two that are the most similar to Earth so far.
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Ultra-Compact Dwarf Galaxies: Stars Packed Together In Early Universe A Million Times More Closely
Science & Tech  (tags: galaxy, stars, universe, study, scientists )

Ingrid
- 284 days ago - sciencedaily.com
In our Galaxy, we are used to the idea that even the nearest stars are light years away from the Sun.
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"Renegade" Stars Tearing Across Universe, Hubble Shows
Science & Tech  (tags: Universe, stars, national geographic, Hubble, telescope, astronomy, world, concept, discovery, energy, environment, humans, interesting, news, nasa, research, science, space, tech, technology, u.s., u.s )

SirRobert
- 317 days ago - news.nationalgeographic.com
Ripples in cosmic gas that resemble speedboat wakes, have revealed renegade stars barreling through the Universe at more than 112,000 miles per hour.
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Star Paths Reveal Secrets Of Milky Way's Black Hole
Science & Tech  (tags: space, astronomy, stars, galaxy, Milky Way, science, research, tech, technology, scientists, world, black hole, computer, computers, hubble space telescope, news, cosmology )

SirRobert
- 348 days ago - newscientist.com
Astronomers have crunched 16 years of data to make the most detailed observations yet, of the stars obiting the centre of our galaxy, bolstering the case for a monstrous black hole lurking therein.
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Hubble Directly Observes A Planet Orbiting Another Star
Science & Tech  (tags: nasa, space telescope, planets, stars, research )

Ingrid
- 376 days ago - sciencedaily.com
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has taken the first visible-light snapshot of a planet circling another star.
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Cutting Life Short
Science & Tech  (tags: science, planets, stars, universe, research )

Ingrid
- 397 days ago - spacedaily.com
Planets around small mass stars may only have a billion-year window during which life can form.
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Wild, Hidden Cousin Of SN 1987A: Powerful Supernova Caught By Web Of Telescopes
Science & Tech  (tags: astronomy, discovery, stars, galaxies, study, space )

Ingrid
- 424 days ago - sciencedaily.com
Astronomers may have discovered the relative of a freakishly behaving exploding star once thought to be the only one of its kind.
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Immigrant Sun: Our Star Could Be Far From Where It Started In Milky Way
Science & Tech  (tags: stars, galaxies, Astrophysics, research )

Ingrid
- 435 days ago - sciencedaily.com
A long-standing scientific belief holds that stars tend to hang out in the same general part of a galaxy where they originally formed.
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Real Death Star Could Strike Earth
Science & Tech  (tags: Wolf-Rayet stars, stars, supernova, science, scientists, space, research, study, interesting, discovery )

John
- 625 days ago - space.com
A beautiful pinwheel in space might one day blast Earth with death rays, scientists now report. Unlike the moon-sized Death Star from Star Wars, which has to get close to a planet to blast it, this blazing spiral has the potential to burn worlds from
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Newborn Stars: Seeing Dark Filaments Inside A Molecular Cloud
Science & Tech  (tags: Astronomers, molecular cloud, stars )

Ingrid
- 626 days ago - sciencedaily.com
Astronomers have measured the distribution of mass inside a dark filament in a molecular cloud with an amazing level of detail and to great depth.
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Our Universe Continues to Dazzling Us
Science & Tech  (tags: universe, space, science, physic, stars, planets, future )

Ben
- 647 days ago - blogmyway.org
They said gamma ray bursts are short lived events last from few minutes to few seconds. Interesting enough! What they said next is even more mind boggling. They said the brightest of all gamma ray bursts they had seen so far had emitted more energy in
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New Discover: Solar System Looks Like Our But Smaller
Science & Tech  (tags: solar system, planets, stars, science )

Ben
- 649 days ago - blogmyway.org
When someone says that our solar system is the lone wolf of this universe, I have to say it's one of the most arrogant things I ever heard. We have more solar systems, stars, planets, asteroids, black holes, and other space phenomenons than we can see or
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Amazing Old Stars Give Birth Again
Science & Tech  (tags: astronomy, astronomers, stars, planets, birth, phenomenon, unusual, research, space, interesting )

Laurel
- 673 days ago - space.com
Two old stars appear to be gearing up for a second generation of planet formation, a phenomenon astronomers say they have never seen before.
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2008 Preview Night Sky Highlights
Science & Tech  (tags: astronomy, stargazing, space, eclipses, meteor showers, 2008, Jupiter, Pleiades, stars, planets, interesting )

Laurel
- 675 days ago - space.com
Here are some of the more noteworthy sky events that will take place this year. SPACE.com's weekly Night Sky column will provide more extensive coverage of each event as they draw closer.
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