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Astronomy Jul 16, 2024

Astronomers discover what may be 21 neutron stars orbiting sun-like stars

Most stars in our universe come in pairs. While our own sun is a loner, many stars like our sun orbit similar stars, while a host of other exotic pairings between stars and cosmic orbs pepper the universe. Black holes, for ...

Astronomy Jul 16, 2024

Telescope tag-team discovers 10 strange and exotic pulsars

Towards the center of our Milky Way galaxy, in the constellation Sagittarius, astronomers have discovered 10 monstrous neutron stars. These particular stars, called pulsars, reside together in globular cluster Terzan 5, a ...

Astronomy Jul 15, 2024

Observatory gears up to detect thousands of elusive brown dwarfs, unlocking Milky Way mysteries

One could argue that brown dwarfs don't get the love they deserve. Sometimes referred to as "failed stars," they don't have enough mass to sustain nuclear fusion, which powers all stars, including our sun. But they are also ...

Astronomy Jul 15, 2024

Surprising ring sheds light on galaxy formation

The question of what triggers the extremely rapid star formation within Hyper Luminous Infrared Galaxies (HyLIRGs), as yet unknown, is of much interest to guide our understanding of the formation and evolution of galaxies ...

Astronomy Jul 15, 2024

Webb unveils stunning ejecta and CO structures in Cassiopeia A's young supernova

The SETI Institute announced the latest findings from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) of the supernova remnant, Cassiopeia A (Cas A). These observations of the youngest known core collapse supernova in the Milky Way ...

Astronomy Jul 15, 2024

Cosmic wrestling match: New model reveals what the color of a galaxy tells about its distance

A Ludwig Maximilian University (LMU) team has furnished a model for revealing what the color of a galaxy tells about its distance, to be used for measuring cosmic structures.

Astronomy Jul 15, 2024

Supermassive black holes have masses of more than a million suns—but their growth has slowed as the universe has aged

Black holes are remarkable astronomical objects with gravity so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape them. The most gigantic ones, known as "supermassive" black holes, can weigh millions to billions times the mass ...

Astronomy Jul 15, 2024

New low-mass galaxy discovered

Astronomers report the discovery of a new galaxy in the constellation Corvus. The newfound galaxy, which received designation Corvus A, has a relatively low mass, is gas-rich and isolated. The discovery was presented in a ...

Astronomy Jul 13, 2024

Webb Space Telescope's latest cosmic shot shows pair of intertwined galaxies glowing in infrared

The Webb Space Telescope has captured a pair of intertwined galaxies glowing in the infrared.

Other Jul 13, 2024

Saturday Citations: The first Goldilocks black hole; Toxoplasma gondii metabolism; pumping at the speed of muscle

This week: Physicists conducted a biological study, engineers built a waste-recycling suit for astronauts (and worm riders), and astronomers identified the first known intermediate-mass black hole, and it's right here in ...

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