Taking a closer look at the red dwarf star TRAPPIST-1
TRAPPIST-1 is a red dwarf star about 40.7 light-years away from Earth. It is of particular interest because it has seven ...
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A Distant White Dwarf Is Eating a Jupiter-Sized Planet for Lunch
About 650 light-years from here, in the constellation Aquarius, lies the planetary nebula Caldwell 63, commonly known as the ...
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We witnessed the death of a planet, devoured by its star ☄️
Since the 1980s, a strange X-ray emission has puzzled astronomers. At the heart of the Helix Nebula, a dying star may have ...
7 jaw-dropping images of dwarf planets captured by NASA
Ceres is a dwarf planet in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. It's the largest object in the asteroid belt and the closest dwarf planet to Earth.
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Strange X-ray signal could be coming from a doomed planet
Astronomers have detected mysterious X-ray signals coming from a nearby white dwarf star for more than 40 years. We may now ...
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Astronomers Find Four Sub-Earth Planets Just Six Light-Years Away
Barnard’s Star has fascinated astronomers for decades. At just six light-years away, it is the second-closest single star to ...
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Four rocky planets found orbiting nearby Barnard’s star
Astronomers have identified a quartet of small rocky planets orbiting Barnard's star, one of our closest stellar neighbours.
The Lowell Observatory
A stronomer Percival Lowell founded his Arizona stargazing lab in 1894 to aid in his search for life on Mars. While that ...