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'Jekyll and Hyde' binary stars discovered by Indian-origin scientist
A binary star system just under 20,000 light-years from Earth is unlike the others. Armed with an a…
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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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Two dead stars are dancing around each other proving Einstein's theory right
A star that’s 1.27 times the mass of the Sun is dragging the fabric of space and time with it
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'Star Trek' has cast the first trans and nonbinary characters in the franchise's history
Ian Alexander, a trans actor who uses he/they pronouns and Blu del Barrio, a non-binary actor will …
Canela López
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Astronomers think a rare and explosive 'red nova' will light up the night sky in a few years
But no one was certain that KIC 9832227 was actually a double-star system; all astronomers knew was…
Dave Mosher
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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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'Billions' star Asia Kate Dillon on how the show led to a revelation about the actor's own gender identity, and an emotional moment with a fan
And the feedback is everything from a group of people in business attire walking by and yelling, "W…
Nathan McAlone
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Newfound Super-Bright Neutron Star Baffles Scientists And Should Not Exist
Like black holes, neutron stars form as a star that is more massive than our sun collapses in on it…
Jessica Orwig
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Angelina Jolie said she divorced Brad Pitt for the wellbeing of her kids, who 'see lies about themselves in the media'
In an interview with Vogue, Angelina Jolie said she has no regrets about splitting from her ex-husb…
Eleanor Goldberg Fox
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US soccer superstar Tobin Heath wants to be seen as 'an artist on the field' - and off of it, too
Tobin Heath told Insider about the decision to share her art with the public, purposeful creation f…
Meredith Cash
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Olivia Rodrigo keeps being questioned about Taylor Swift - and it's giving us deja vu for an infuriating reason
The "Drivers License" singer is a world-class songwriter and superstar in her own right. But interv…
Callie Ahlgrim
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The Hubble telescope caught an asteroid ripping itself to pieces due to the 'YORP effect'
The effect is something like a parent swinging a kid around by her arms; once the parent rotates fa…
Dave Mosher
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A nearby black hole just erupted for the first time in 26 years and scientists are ecstatic
As the gas gets pulled in, it orbits around the black hole, forming a disc. The closer the gas gets…
Jessica Orwig
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Sweden's gamble on coronavirus herd immunity couldn't work in the US — and it may not work in Sweden
In Sweden, it's proving somewhat tough to balance a sense of civic-minded independence with a ragin…