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Astronomers find two stars merging together
10-22-2015 |
13
Two massive stars locked in a deadly embrace have been discovered over 160,000 light years away.
Our universe is 'sliding in to old age'
8-11-2015 | 15
Scientists have highlighted the fact that the stars in the sky are slowly but surely fading away.
Are there forms of life that feast on stars ?
1-12-2015 | 51
So-called 'starivores' could be the ideal target for astronomers seeking signs of extraterrestrial life.
Half of all stars may be outside galaxies
11-8-2014 | 19
New observations have revealed that the intergalactic void may be filled with orphan stars.
Hubble spies 'ghost lights' of dead stars
11-1-2014 | 9
The space telescope has photographed the eerie remnants of long dead stars in a distant galaxy cluster.
Dead stars can reignite and then blow up
8-29-2014 | 8
Astronomers have determined that white dwarf stars can suddenly spring back to life and explode.
Remnants of one of the earliest stars found
8-23-2014 | 4
An ancient orange star has revealed hints of one of the first stars to ever exist in the universe.
New planet hunting spacecraft planned
2-23-2014 | 9
The recently selected PLATO mission will focus on identifying Earth-like worlds orbiting distant stars.
Hypervelocity stars could leave the galaxy
1-14-2014 | 11
Astronomers have identified a mysterious group of 20 sun-sized stars travelling at high speed.
Where are the closest alien planets ?
12-28-2013 | 12
Astronomers believe that there could be an exoplanet orbiting a nearby pair of brown dwarf stars.
1 in 5 stars orbited by habitable world
11-7-2013 | 25
Scientists believe that our universe is filled with far more habitable planets than previously thought.
Extrasolar planet tally reaches 1,000
10-23-2013 | 10
Since 1992 the number of planets discovered orbiting distant stars has been growing exponentially.
Can humanity afford a real life Star Trek ?
5-23-2013 | 79
The starships of the Star Trek universe seem a long way off both technologically and financially.
New 'habitable zone' planets discovered
4-19-2013 | 10
NASA's Kepler mission has found several new potentially habitable planets orbiting distant stars.
SETI focuses efforts on known exoplanets
2-11-2013 | 94
An effort to listen out for intelligent aliens in the direction of stars with planets has drawn a blank.
Are there alien messages in the stars ?
12-3-2012 | 34
Astrophysicist Lucianne Walkowicz believes that there could be something obvious we are missing.
Has the universe almost done making stars ?
11-11-2012 | 24
Astronomers have found that the rate of star birth is 30 times less than it was 11 billion years ago.
Think tank to tackle interstellar travel
9-6-2012 | 42
The 100 Year Starship Project is aimed at developing interstellar space flight within the next century.
'Impossible' binary stars discovered
7-8-2012 | 12
Astronomers have discovered two red dwarf stars orbiting one another in a record breaking 2.5 hours.
Spacecraft could navigate using pulsars
4-2-2012 | 5
Future spacecraft could one day use dead stars as a way to determine their position in space.
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