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Euclid space telescope finds 1.5 trillion orphan stars wandering the Perseus cluster (images)
By Robert Lea published
The Euclid telescope has allowed astronomers to discover a staggering 1.5 trillion orphan stars torn from their own galaxies to wander the Perseus cluster alone.

Are stars vanishing into their own black holes? A bizarre binary system says 'yes'
By Keith Cooper published
An unusual binary system could be evidence that some massive stars can die quietly, without a supernova explosion.

Enchanting new Hubble Telescope image reveals an infant star's sparkle
By Sharmila Kuthunur published
An infant star in a faraway system will likely someday look like our very own sun, and the Hubble Telescope snapped a lovely image of it.

In the Milky Way, 3 intruder stars are 'on the run' — in the wrong direction
By Robert Lea published
Three ancient stars that hail from cannibalized dwarf galaxies are "on the run" at hundreds of thousands of miles per hour in the Milky Way's galactic halo.

Giant 'rogue waves' of invisible matter might be disrupting the orbits of stars, new study hints
By Paul Sutter published
New research shows how disruptions to binary star systems could be the key to detecting space's most confounding substance — dark matter.

White dwarfs are 'heavy metal' zombie stars endlessly cannibalizing their dead planetary systems
By Robert Lea published
Zombie white dwarf stars keep their heavy metal exteriors fresh by constantly cannibalizing any smaller objects in their dead planetary systems, like comets and asteroids, that get in their way.

Astronomers close in on the mystery of the erupting Orion star system (video)
By Robert Lea published
An erupting star system in Orion has finally provided an answer to the mystery of how stars fed for over 100 years, something that has puzzled astronomers for almost as long.

Scientists reveal Southern Ring Nebula's unexpected structure: 'We were amazed'
By Keith Cooper published
The molecular gas ejected by a dying star within the Southern Ring Nebula will one day be recycled into a new generation of stars and planets.

Astronomers finally know why stars born from the same cloud aren't identical twins
By Robert Lea published
Astronomers finally know why giant binary stars born from the same collapsing cloud of gas and dust can be "non-identical twins" with different characteristics and planetary systems.

Exploding stars send out powerful bursts of energy − I'm leading a citizen scientist project to classify and learn about these bright flashes
By Amy Lien published
Swift is a multiwavelength space telescope that scientists are using to find out more about these mysterious gamma-ray flashes from the universe.
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