The steady beam of a star twice the size of the sun played a trick on astronomers about a year […]
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Betelgeuse’s elusive co-star left a trail of clues for astronomers
For more than a century, Betelgeuse has looked like a star with a secret. It swells and fades on a […]
Astronomers have just found one of the universe’s earliest mistakes
In the beginning, not all amateur galaxies were winners. Scientists have now found one of the duds that just couldn’t […]
The corpse of a long-dead star surprises astronomers by eating a planet
A dead star core about 145 light-years away in space is doing anything but resting in peace. Astronomers have learned […]
A giant black hole is lost in space. Here’s how it’s shocking astronomers.
When scientists discovered an enormous black hole thousands of light-years from where it ought to be in space, they knew […]