New class of star-stripped super-Earths discovered
Astrophysicists have discovered a new class of exoplanets whose atmospheres and volatile elements have been blown away by the star ...
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Gold doesn’t fall out of the sky – but it’s created in the heavens
Research based on recent observations of a nearby gamma-ray burst, GRB 130603B, help explain how gold, silver and other heavy ...
A crime in the sky: galaxies die by strangulation
There are two types of galaxies: 'alive' and 'dead' ones. Those galaxies that are still alive are called so because ...
Capturing music from the stars
Musica Universalis or Music of the Spheres is an philosophical concept which portrays the proportions in the movement of the ...
Youngest ‘baby star’ ever discovered
Astronomers have come across something truly amazing. Observations have surprised a protostar - a star in the making - in ...
Seeing stars during daytime – is it possible?
The short answer is, no. Not with the naked eye at least, but if you use a highly potent set ...
Most powerful stars are actually vampire binary systems. The weaker feeds on the stronger
A new research has found that the massively powerful O-type stars, which can be up to 90 times more powerful ...
Stars spew out organic matter into space – life may have its origin in star dust
A new study published by researchers at University of Hong Kong has produced controversial waves among the astronomy community, as ...
How many planets are in the Milky Way? Over 50 billion
Yes, you've read that right. There are over 50 billion planets in our galaxy alone, according to the Kepler telescope, ...
A star is born [great pics]
The nebula you are looking at is known as the North American nebula, and the pictures were taken with the ...
Physicists create a supernova in a jar
A supernova is a stellar explosion of cosmic proportions, that often can outshine the entire galaxy it is located in, ...
Universe could hold three times more stars than previously believed
A new study suggests that a blunder of cosmic proportions has been made when estimating the total number of stars ...
Amazing NASA pic shows how galaxies collide
I gotta say, this is one of the most beautiful pictures I've seen all year ! This amazing image released ...
Amazing Hubble capture of the NGC 3603 nebula
The above photo was captured by the Hubble Space Telescope around mid last year, proving excellent practice for Hubble's newly ...
Dark flow leads researchers to exotic conclusion
The Coma Galaxy, a galaxy directly involved in the so called dark flow Two years ago, researchers reported the strange ...
Strange sky spiral freaks out Norway
It was Thursday night when locals from Norway started to notice a strange, rotating light that just baffled them. It ...
We now know the birth place of the biggest guitar in the galaxy
In case you're wondering, the biggest 'guitar' in our galaxy is in fact a pulsar that was nicknamed The Guitar ...
Stellar ‘cannibalism’ is the key to giant stars
You may or may not have heard about blue stragglers; they are blue stars that are hotter and bluer than ...
Nasa discovers a dozen pulsars that change understanding about dying stars
Recently, NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope discovered no more, no less than 12 pulsars, and it also detected gamma ray ...
Mirror mirror on the wall, who’s the brightest star of all?
Actually, it's not about the brightest star of all, but the brightest star in our galaxy. It seems there's a ...
