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Earendel: The Most Distant Star Ever Seen Might Not Be What We ThoughtEarendel seen in the edge of this photo, top center in the smeared red line.

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Earendel: The Most Distant Star Ever Seen Might Not Be What We ThoughtEarendel seen in the edge of this photo, top center in the smeared red line.
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Earendel: The Most Distant Star Ever Seen Might Not Be What We Thought

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Close Binary Stars Can Have "Supersaturated" Magnetic Fields, But We Don't Know How This WorksArtistls impression of the view from near Kepler-16b, the first Tatooine-like planet discovered, the sort of system that could be affected by a newly discovered phenomenon

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Close Binary Stars Can Have "Supersaturated" Magnetic Fields, But We Don't Know How This WorksArtistls impression of the view from near Kepler-16b, the first Tatooine-like planet discovered, the sort of system that could be affected by a newly discovered phenomenon
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Close Binary Stars Can Have "Supersaturated" Magnetic Fields, But We Don't Know How This Works

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"Improbable" Planet Is Orbiting A Stellar Odd-Couple The Wrong Way RoundArtist impression when the crescent of a planet is bisible next to a bright star. A dimmer stellar object is visible in the distance.

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"Improbable" Planet Is Orbiting A Stellar Odd-Couple The Wrong Way RoundArtist impression when the crescent of a planet is bisible next to a bright star. A dimmer stellar object is visible in the distance.
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"Improbable" Planet Is Orbiting A Stellar Odd-Couple The Wrong Way Round

clock-iconMay 21, 2025
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"Star Eaters": Could Binary Systems Be Alien Civilizations Feeding On Stars For Energy?Binary stars illustration.

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"Star Eaters": Could Binary Systems Be Alien Civilizations Feeding On Stars For Energy?Binary stars illustration.
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"Star Eaters": Could Binary Systems Be Alien Civilizations Feeding On Stars For Energy?

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Betelgeuse May Not Be On The Edge Of Supernova. It Might Just Have A BuddyBetelgeuse.

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Betelgeuse May Not Be On The Edge Of Supernova. It Might Just Have A BuddyBetelgeuse.
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Betelgeuse May Not Be On The Edge Of Supernova. It Might Just Have A Buddy

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Giant Sibling Stars Are Not As Similar As We ThoughtArtist's impression of a pair of stars, one accompanied by rocky planets, the other by gas giants, despite forming from the same gas cloud.

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Giant Sibling Stars Are Not As Similar As We ThoughtArtist's impression of a pair of stars, one accompanied by rocky planets, the other by gas giants, despite forming from the same gas cloud.
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Giant Sibling Stars Are Not As Similar As We Thought

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Why Even Hot Stars Are Lonely Near The Galactic CenterMap of the stars close to Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the center of the galaxy. Blue circles: hot young stars, orange squares: lcooler old stars

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Why Even Hot Stars Are Lonely Near The Galactic CenterMap of the stars close to Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the center of the galaxy. Blue circles: hot young stars, orange squares: lcooler old stars
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Why Even Hot Stars Are Lonely Near The Galactic Center

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Two Ultracool Failed Stars Spin Around Each Other In Record-Breaking TimeArtist impression of two brown dwarfs orbiting each other.

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Two Ultracool Failed Stars Spin Around Each Other In Record-Breaking TimeArtist impression of two brown dwarfs orbiting each other.
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Two Ultracool Failed Stars Spin Around Each Other In Record-Breaking Time

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The Most Mysterious Star In The Milky Way Has A Companionarticle image

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The Most Mysterious Star In The Milky Way Has A Companionarticle image
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The Most Mysterious Star In The Milky Way Has A Companion

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Rocky Planets Can Form In Binary Systemsarticle image

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Rocky Planets Can Form In Binary Systemsarticle image
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Rocky Planets Can Form In Binary Systems

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Tatooine Planets Orbiting Two Stars Are More Likely To Survivearticle image

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Tatooine Planets Orbiting Two Stars Are More Likely To Survive

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Longest-Lasting Stellar Eclipse Discoveredarticle image

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Longest-Lasting Stellar Eclipse Discoveredarticle image
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Longest-Lasting Stellar Eclipse Discovered

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