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Where did this extremely magnetic, dense and dead star come from? Scientists aren't quite sure
By Robert Lea published
Using the Hubble and Gaia space telescopes, astronomers have discovered that a powerfully magnetic neutron star in the Milky Way wasn't born in a supernova.

Scientists discover bizarre double-star system with exoplanet on a sideways orbit (video)
By Robert Lea published
Astronomers have discovered the weirdest planetary system ever seen, consisting of a planet rolling around rare binary "failed star" brown dwarfs at a 90-degree tilted angle!

A 'cosmic car radio' could help scientists tune in to dark matter within the next 15 years
By Robert Lea published
Scientists have developed a cosmic car radio that could tune into the frequency of axions, a prime dark matter suspect.

James Webb Space Telescope discovers most distant and earliest Milky Way 'twin' ever seen. Meet dragon-galaxy Zhúlóng (image)
By Robert Lea published
The James Webb Space Telescope has spotted the most distant spiral galaxy ever seen, a "Milky Way twin" that existed 1 billion years after the Big Bang.

View the wonders of the night sky with one of the best star projectors around — now at one of its cheapest-ever prices
By Paul Brett published
Deals This fantastic Pococo Galaxy Star Projector is user-friendly, delivers bright, high-resolution projections and rivals more expensive rivals for performance.

A gravitational war next door: The Large Magellanic Cloud is gradually destroying the Small Magellanic Cloud
By Robert Lea published
The Large Magellanic Cloud and Small Magellanic Cloud are at war, with the larger of these dwarf galaxies ripping the other apart.

Record-breaking 'dead' galaxy discovered by JWST lived fast and died young in the early universe
By Robert Lea published
The most distant and earliest "dead" massive galaxy ever seen shows some galaxies lived fast and died young shortly after the Big Bang.

Exoplanet nurseries around infant stars can be much smaller than expected: 'It is astonishing'
By Robert Lea published
New findings from the ALMA telescope have revealed that planets are born in much smaller protoplanetary disks than astronomers suspected, some of which would fit with the orbit of Earth.
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