A white dwarf is surrounded by torn-up pieces of its inner planets and its Kuiper belt
What will happen to our sun?
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News tagged with sun
Video: Solar snake spotted slithering across sun's surface
Solar Orbiter has spotted a "tube" of cooler atmospheric gases snaking its way through the sun's magnetic field. The observation provides an intriguing new addition to the zoo of features revealed by the ESA-led Solar Orbiter ...
Astronomy
Nov 14, 2022
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New study of comets provides insight into chemical composition of early solar system
A new study from the University of Central Florida has found strong support that the outgassing of molecules from comets could be the result of the composition from the beginning of our solar system.
Planetary Sciences
Nov 4, 2022
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Astronomers discover closest black hole to Earth
Black holes are the most extreme objects in the universe. Supermassive versions of these unimaginably dense objects likely reside at the centers of all large galaxies. Stellar-mass black holes—which weigh approximately ...
Astronomy
Nov 4, 2022
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New exoplanet detected with the ESPRESSO spectrograph
Using the Echelle SPectrograph for Rocky Exoplanets and Stable Spectroscopic Observations (ESPRESSO), astronomers from Switzerland and Austria have discovered a new alien world. The newfound exoplanet orbits a nearby M dwarf ...
Zombie worlds: Five spooky planets orbiting dead stars
All stars, including the sun, have a finite lifetime. Stars shine by the process of nuclear fusion in which lighter atoms, such as hydrogen, fuse together to create heavier ones. This process releases vast quantities of energy ...
Astronomy
Oct 28, 2022
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Photo from NASA satellite shows the sun was 'smiling' this week
The sun was in a good mood this week, or at least that's what it looked like in a photo published by NASA.
Astronomy
Oct 28, 2022
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Video: Solar Orbiter's unprecedented view of the quiet corona
The ESA-led Solar Orbiter mission has experienced its second close encounter with the sun. It is delivering more stunning data, and at higher resolution than ever before.
Astronomy
Oct 27, 2022
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Partial solar eclipse takes a bite out of the sun
Much of Europe and parts of Africa and Asia saw the moon take a bite out of the sun during the second and last solar eclipse of the year.
Space Exploration
Oct 25, 2022
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Partial solar eclipse from Iceland to India on Tuesday
A partial solar eclipse will be visible across a swathe of the Northern Hemisphere on Tuesday, with amateur astronomers warned to take care watching the rare phenomenon.
Space Exploration
Oct 23, 2022
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