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First pairs of white dwarf–main sequence binaries discovered in clusters shine new light on stellar evolution
Astronomers at the University of Toronto (U of T) have discovered the first pairs of white dwarf and main sequence stars—"dead" remnants and "living" stars—in young star clusters. Described in a new ...
Astronomers using data from the W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea in Hawaiʻi Island have identified a rare, ancient ...
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'Most pristine' star ever seen discovered at the Milky Way's edge — and could be a direct descendant of the universe's first stars
Astronomers have discovered a surprisingly "pristine" red giant with the lowest concentration of heavy elements ever seen in ...
Astronomers have discovered the first pairs of white dwarf and main sequence stars -- 'dead' remnants and 'living' stars -- in young star clusters. This breakthrough offers new insights on an extreme ...
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White dwarf star is still feasting on dead Earth-like planet 3 billion years later
Astronomers recently peered deep into space and found that an old, faint white dwarf named LSPM J0207+3331, located about 145 ...
What can binary stars comprised of two different types of stars teach astronomers about stellar evolution? This is what a recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal hopes to address as a team ...
Nuclear astrophysics plays a pivotal role in informing our understanding of stellar evolution by investigating the nuclear reactions within stars that dictate their birth, evolution, and ultimate fate ...
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NASA’s Hubble Just Found a Blazing Ring of Fire in Deep Space — Here’s What It’s Doing
A newly released image from the Hubble Space Telescope reveals a glowing ring of star formation in the heart of NGC 6951, a ...
The evolution of stars and their interactions with compact objects, such as black holes and neutron stars, remain pivotal in our understanding of the cosmos. Stellar evolution describes the life ...
For the first time, the famous “spirograph” Planetary Nebula IC418’s non-explosive stellar evolution has been captured over an unprecedented period of 130 years—almost double the length of a typical ...
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Young sun-like star's dual-temperature plasma ejections offer clues to early planetary environments
Astronomers have used simultaneous ground-based and space-based observations to measure the temperature and velocity of gas ...
Could a decades-long debate about the mysterious movements of stars in Omega Centauri, the largest star cluster in the Milky Way, finally be resolved? Could a decades-long debate about the mysterious ...
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