Entire planetary system of four tiny exoplanets found orbiting the nearest single star to the sun
Astronomers have discovered four planets that are just a fraction of the mass of Earth orbiting Barnard’s Star, which is 6 ...
Fusion energy: Unlocking the power of the stars
Scientists are conducting experiments to generate clean energy through fusion, the same sub-atomic reaction that powers our Sun, with the aim of constructing plants that produce more energy than they ...
This butterfly-shaped nebula owes its structure to 2 chaotic young stars
This butterfly shaped nebula is the perfect target for the James Webb Space Telescope to learn more about star formation.
Astronomers Found a Dead Star Sending Out Mysterious Signals Like a Cosmic Beacon
A decade-long radio mystery has finally been solved: astronomers have linked repeating pulses to a white dwarf and red dwarf ...
Choosing just 13 Indiana All-Stars is really hard. So many are deserving, including these 12
Considering the depth of talent in the Class of 2025, our Insider wanted to spotlight a dozen deserving seniors who missed cut for Indiana All-Stars.
Mysterious radio pulses from the Milky Way ‘are unlike anything we knew before’
Astronomers say they have traced a mysterious pulsing in the Milky Way to a surprising source: a dead star locked in a dance ...
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Why so many spacecraft carry magnetometers
Pictures may enliven us, but other data, such as information about magnetic fields, add a huge amount to our understanding of ...
Four small planets discovered around one of the closest stars to Earth – an expert explains what we know
Consequently, even though it is one of the closest stars to Earth, such that its light takes only six years to get here, it ...
White dwarf and red dwarf interaction emits a radio blast every two hours
Northwestern University scientists have detected the first radio pulses that can be traced to a dead-star binary.
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Nevada NASA Space Grant recipients share progress on projects
By studying similar galaxies in the current universe—specifically metal-poor star-forming dwarf galaxies ... One alternative method, Magnetic Navigation or MagNav, involves measuring the Earth's ...
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Entwined dwarf stars reveal their location thanks to repeated radio bursts
A white dwarf and a red dwarf star have been discovered closely orbiting each other emitting radio pulses every two hours. Their findings means we know it isn't just neutron stars that emit such ...