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Astronomy
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News tagged with eclipsing binary
Astronomers observe two stars so close to each other that they will end up merging into a supermassive star
A study of "MY Camelopardalis" binary system, published in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics, shows that the most massive stars are made up by merging with other smaller stars, as predicted by theoretical models.
Astronomy
Dec 5, 2014
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Survivor of stellar collision is new type of pulsating star
A team of astronomers from the UK, Germany and Spain have observed the remnant of a stellar collision and discovered that its brightness varies in a way not seen before on this rare type of star. By analysing the patterns ...
Astronomy
Jun 28, 2013
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Kepler team identifies planet impostors that are binary stars in disguise
Observations by the Kepler satellite have advanced our knowledge of stars and their orbiting planets, yielding more than 100 confirmed planets and about 3,000 candidates. However, orbiting planets may not be the source for ...
Astronomy
Mar 18, 2013
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Light-travel-time effect finds new astronomical applications
Sometimes the tried and true methods are still the best, even in observational astronomy. Researchers at the University of Prague demonstrated this recently in a study of the eclipsing binary system V994 Herculis (V994 Her).
Astronomy
Feb 26, 2013
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Astronomers discovered ancient Egyptian observations of a variable star
The study of the "Demon star", Algol, made by a research group of the University of Helsinki, Finland, has received both scientific and public attention. The period of the brightness variation of this eclipsing binary star ...
Space Exploration
May 16, 2012
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Transiting super-Earth detected around naked eye star
One of the first known stars to host an extrasolar planet, was that of 55 Cancri. The first planet in this system was reported in 1997 and today the system is known to host at least five planets, the inner most of which, ...
Astronomy
May 2, 2011
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Centuries-Old Star Mystery Coming to a Close
(PhysOrg.com) -- For almost two centuries, humans have looked up at a bright star called Epsilon Aurigae and watched with their own eyes as it seemed to disappear into the night sky, slowly fading before coming back to life ...
Astronomy
Jan 5, 2010
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