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WASP-193b: ‘Super fluffy’ candy floss planet bigger than Jupiter discovered by astronomers | Science & Tech News
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Astronomers have identified a planet as light and fluffy as candy floss – despite being far bigger than our solar system’s gas giant Jupiter. Scientists said WASP-193b is “basically super fluffy” because it has remarkably low density for its size. It’s thought to consist mostly of hydrogen and helium, according to a study published in…
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Astronomers produce significant star cluster image – and discover mysterious radio signal | Science & Tech News
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Astronomers have created the most sensitive radio image ever of an ancient star cluster – and discovered a radio signal at the centre of it. The image, which can be seen above, is of the second brightest globular cluster in the night sky, known as 47 Tucanae. Star clusters are an ancient relic of the…
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Fast radio burst: Astronomers spot most distant cosmic phenomenon detected so far in distant galaxy | Science & Tech News
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Astronomers have spotted the most distant fast radio burst (FRB) to date in a galaxy so far away that its light took eight billion years to reach Earth. The remote blast of cosmic radio waves, whose source was detected by the European Southern Observatory’s (ESO) Very Large Telescope (VLT), lasted less than a millisecond. It…
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Astronomers find first ‘mind-blowing’ evidence of exoplanets sharing same orbit | Science & Tech News
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Astronomers have found the first possible evidence of two planets outside our solar system sharing the same orbit. A cloud of debris was detected near a distant world, thought to be the building blocks of a new celestial body or remnants of an old one. If correct in their assessment, experts say it would be…
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Astronomers make rare Star Wars-style planetary discovery | Science & Tech News
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Astronomers have made only the second ever discovery of a multi-planet system that orbits two stars. The planet BEBOP-1c was found by a team at the University of Birmingham. It is part of a multiplanetary circumbinary system, the catchy name given to a system that contains planets that orbit around two stars in the centre.…
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Astronomers on the island of Ireland find common ground under the stars after building new telescope | UK News
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A collaboration between observatories in Northern Ireland and the Republic is demonstrating how science transcends the politics of division. The island’s contribution to astronomical research has had global impact but remains one of its best kept secrets at home. Observatories at Dunsink, near Dublin, and Armagh in Northern Ireland have played an instrumental role in…
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Stars in the making pictured in images ‘no one has ever seen before’ as astronomers build ‘space atlas’ | Science & Tech News
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Astronomers have pieced together more than one million pictures showing never before seen objects in space in an attempt to decipher how stars are born. A vast “space atlas” of five stellar nurseries – showing young stars in the making, embedded in thick clouds of dust – was captured by the European Southern Observatory (ESO)…
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Largest cosmic explosion ever spotted by astronomers | Science & Tech News
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Astronomers have uncovered the largest cosmic explosion ever witnessed – and it’s lasted more than three years. The explosion, known as AT2021lwx, is believed to have come as a result of a vast cloud of gas – thousands of times bigger than the sun – being sent into a black hole after coming off its…
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Is this how Earth dies? Astronomers witness sun-like star devouring planet in possible preview of our home’s ultimate fate | Science & Tech News
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Astronomers have seen the first evidence of a dying sun-like star engulfing an exoplanet in what could be a preview of Earth’s ultimate fate. The cataclysmic event, some 13,000 light years away, was observed using the Gemini South telescope in Chile. Such spectacles occur when stars similar to our sun near the end of their…
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Supermassive black hole shown firing out mysterious jet in first ever image of phenomenon captured by astronomers | Science & Tech News
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A black hole has been pictured expelling a powerful jet for the first time. The image shows a glowing circle at the centre of a galaxy known as Messier 87 (M87), around 55 million light-years from Earth. A light-year is the distance light travels in a year, which is 5.9 trillion miles (9.5 trillion kilometres).…