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In a First, Astronomers Saw a Distant Star Shoot Some of Its Plasma Into Space
The powerful coronal mass ejection would have likely destroyed the atmospheres of any potentially habitable planets nearby ...
Astronomers have discovered that the Pleiades star cluster is part of a larger 3,000-member stellar complex, stretching 2,000 light-years, using data from Gaia and TESS.
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Astronomers discover the famous Pleiades star cluster could be 20 times bigger than we thought
Astronomers have discovered that the Seven Sisters of the Pleiades star cluster have more stellar siblings than we thought — ...
The discovery indicates how galaxies could have grown quickly when the universe was very young, solving a long-standing ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN
Astronomers Detect the Brightest and Most Distant Black Hole Flare Ever Seen
The enormous outburst was likely caused by an unfortunate star venturing too close to a supermassive black hole ...
For years, astronomers have been on the hunt for the first generation of stars, primordial relics of the early universe. And ...
Astronomers have redefined the size of the famous Pleiades cluster. According to a new study, it is twenty times larger than ...
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Turns Out, The World’s Most Famous Star Cluster Is Just Part Of A Vast Family Of Stars
We knew there were far more than seven sisters in the Pleiades, but still didn’t know about all these long-lost siblings.
Not all stars are created equally. Astronomers believe that the first stars to form after the Big Bang were mostly made of only hydrogen and helium with trace amounts of lithium, as the heavier ...
Astronomers have recently uncovered a space explosion of unprecedented magnitude, challenging existing scientific understanding. This record-breaking event, detailed in the article “Astronomers Just ...
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