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What makes a star a star? A strange ‘in‑between’ celestial object is testing astronomers’ boundaries
Md Redyan Ahmed, University of Sydney Around 1,350 light years away from Earth is a star called TOI-2155.…
See a new map of the universe’s magnetic fields – the largest and most detailed ever made
Alec Thomson, CSIRO Magnetic fields are a fundamental part of the universe. They govern how small particles –…
Astrophysicists use ‘space archaeology’ to trace the history of a spiral galaxy
Lisa Kewley, Smithsonian Institution Billions of years ago, a young spiral galaxy began to grow in a crowded…
What a newly discovered gas bridge between galaxies tells us about the cosmic cycle of matter
A composite image shows a diffuse ‘bridge’ of gas linking two dwarf galaxies. ICRAR, N. Deg, Legacy Surveys…
The first stars may not have been as uniformly massive as astronomers thought
Stars form in the universe from massive clouds of gas. European Southern Observatory, CC BY-SA Luke Keller, Ithaca…
Sculptor galaxy image provides brilliant details that will help astronomers study how stars form
This image of the Sculptor galaxy will give astronomers detailed information on a variety of stars, nebulae and…
Jets from powerful black holes can point astronomers toward where − and where not − to look for life in the universe
Black holes, like the one in this illustration, can spray powerful jets. S. Dagnello (NRAO/AUI/NSF), CC BY-SA David…
Armenian Researchers Uncover Secrets of Star-Forming Regions in Interstellar Space
At a Glance Armenian researchers have delved into the mysteries of star-forming regions using data from space telescopes…