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Proxima Centauri is the nearest star to our solar system, and a team of astronomers using the European Southern Observatory's (ESO's) Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile has discovered evidence

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Researchers Track the Milky Way’s White Dwarfs’ Movement

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White dwarfs were originally normal stars, comparable to the Sun, until they ran out of fuel and imploded. It has previously been challenging to analyze

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Researchers Witness the Mysterious Death of a Star That Emitted Six Rings

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The strange death throes of the red giant star V Hydrae, also known as V Hya, have been observed by astronomers who have been examining

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Fast Blue Optical Transients Might Be Explained by Dying Stars’ Cocoons

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Fast blue optical transients (FBOTs) have entirely astonished and perplexed both observational and theoretical astrophysicists ever since they were discovered in 2018. These enigmatic objects are the brightest known optical

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When Searching for Extraterrestrial Life, Younger Exoplanets are Better Candidates

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New research from the Southwest Research Institute reveals that younger rocky exoplanets are more likely to support temperate, Earth-like climates as the scientific community looks

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Under the Planetary Winds from their Dying Stars, Planetary Shields will Give Way

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According to a new study done by the University of Warwick, any life discovered on planets orbiting white dwarf stars almost probably evolved after the

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Small Stars are Crucial to Planet Habitability Since They Have Similar Dynamics to Our Sun

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Researchers from Rice University believe that although stars dispersed throughout the sky appear distinct, they may actually be more similar than previously believed. The sun and other “cool” stars share

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All Nearby, Young Stars Come From a 1,000 light-year Wide Bubble around the Earth

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The Earth is around by thousands of newborn stars in a gap that is 1,000 light years across, but how did those stars come into

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A New Catalog of Tens of Millions of Stars Reveals the Chemical History of the Milky Way

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Researchers from the University of Notre Dame and their partners from China and Australia have published a new sample catalog of more than 24 million

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What Elements Were Blended Together to Create the Milky Way in the Galaxy?

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When the Milky Way first formed, it resembled a massive smoothie as if galaxies with billions of stars and a massive amount of gas had been combined in an enormous