The rare isotope iron-60 is created in massive stellar explosions. Only a very small amount of this isotope reaches the earth from distant stars. Now, a research team has discovered …read more Source:: Science
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Matter around a young star helps astronomers explore our stellar history
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•Astronomers have mapped the substance aluminum monoxide in a cloud around a distant young star — Origin Source I. The finding clarifies some important details about how our solar system, …read more Source:: Science
A nearby river of stars
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•Astronomers have found a river of stars, a stellar stream in astronomical parlance, covering most of the southern sky. The stream is relatively nearby and contains at least 4000 stars …read more Source:: Science
Astronomers observe evolution of a black hole as it wolfs down stellar material
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•On March 11, an instrument aboard the International Space Station detected an enormous explosion of X-ray light that grew to be six times as bright as the Crab Nebula, nearly …read more Source:: Science
Black hole and stellar winds form giant butterfly, shut down star formation in galaxy
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•Researchers have completed an unprecedented ‘dissection’ of twin galaxies in the final stages of merging. The new study explores a galaxy called NGC 6240. While most galaxies in the universe …read more Source:: Science
Stellar explosions and cosmic ‘recipe’ for nearby universe
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•Thanks to an in-depth look into the composition of gas in the Perseus galaxy cluster, Japan’s Hitomi mission has given scientists new insights into the stellar explosions that formed its …read more Source:: Science
Primordial black holes may have helped to forge heavy elements
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•Astronomers like to say we are the byproducts of stars, stellar furnaces that long ago fused hydrogen and helium into the elements needed for life through the process of stellar …read more Source:: Science
Astronomers see planet still growing in its stellar womb
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•CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) – Astronomers have taken the first images of a planet still in formation, a discovery expected to shed light on how giant planets manage to beef …read more Source:: UKScienceNews