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'Vampire' stars could be using galactic henchmen to help feed on their companions
Type-Be stars, nicknamed "vampire" stars, are believed to strip the mass of a surrounding star. Now…
Hannah Getahun
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Two dead stars are causing an eclipse every seven minutes
Two white dwarf stars, more or less the same size as the Earth, are circling each other at hundreds…
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Millions of black holes are speeding around the Milky Way after being kicked at birth
Travelling at speeds greater than 70 kilometers per second — that’s 252,000 kilometers per hou…
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The James Webb telescope captured a stunning image of the 'fingerprint' that forms when 2 stars come close to each other in orbit
The rings are produced whenever the two stars come close to each other in their orbit — and it only…
Cheryl Teh
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Astronomers say a new type of stellar explosion on distant dead stars — called 'micronova' — could be plentiful in our universe
Using NASA satellite data, researchers observed a new class of stellar explosion, which is similar …
Paola Rosa-Aquino
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How a testing system created by the porn industry during the HIV epidemic could help Hollywood resume production in the coronavirus era
The testing method was established in the 1990s after an adult film star forged an HIV test and inf…
Sophia Ankel
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Why Netflix's 'thumbs up, thumbs down' ratings system is fundamentally flawed
It's fine if Netflix wanted to change stars to percentages - they still mean the same thing: the li…
Dave Smith,Dave Smith
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A weird, cigar-shaped object flew through the solar system last year. Now astronomers may know where it came from.
By comparing the historic path of 'Oumuamua against these millions of stars, the team discovered fo…
Dave Mosher
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An asteroid will block the brightest star in the night sky on Monday, and astronomers need your help seeing it
"If you are the lucky one to have the path go over your location, the star will fade over a period …
Dave Mosher
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Harry Styles made Vogue history as the magazine's 1st cis male cover star, but some say the spot should've gone to a trans person instead
Queer fans have criticized the "Cherry" singer for taking up space in the fashion world, which has …
Callie Ahlgrim
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Betelgeuse likely won't die as a supernova in your life. But astronomers are finding 'red nova' stars that may soon violently explode.
For years, Molnar and his colleagues have studied little-known yet extremely bright stellar mergers…
Dave Mosher
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Astronomers are pioneering a new way to find alien planets orbiting far-away stars. It led them to 6 unusual, vaporizing worlds.
In this particular system, the smaller of the two stars is on the brink of being too small to be co…