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New type of star – nicknamed ‘old smokers’ – discovered at the heart of the Milky Way | Science & Tech News
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Scientists say they have discovered a new type of star deep at the heart of our galaxy. The stars have been given the nickname “old smokers” by scientists because they have been observed “puffing” out clouds of gas. They are a type of red giant, which are formed during the dying stages of medium sized…
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Mysterious new object found in Milky Way that could be black hole-star pairing | Science & Tech News
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A new and mysterious object has been discovered in the Milky Way and could be a combination of a black hole and a special type of star. Found 40,000 light years away in our galaxy, the potentially new type of space entity appears to have unique qualities. It falls within what researchers call the ‘black…
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Disc vital to forming stars and planets found outside Milky Way in astronomical first | Science & Tech News
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Astronomers exploring a neighbouring galaxy have found evidence of a disc like those which help form stars and planets in our own Milky Way. It was discovered in the Large Magellanic Cloud, surrounding a massive young star which is still growing in size. It’s the first time a disc of its type has ever been…
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Image from James Webb telescope captures heart of Milky Way in ‘unprecedented detail’ | Science & Tech News
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A new image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope reveals never-before-seen features at the centre of the Milky Way. It shows a portion of the centre of our galaxy about 25,000 light years from Earth in “unprecedented detail”. It will allow astronomers to learn more about how stars are formed in an “extreme cosmic environment”,…
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Astronomers solve mystery about quasars – and the likely future of the Milky Way | Science & Tech News
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Astronomers have solved the mystery of how quasars – the brightest and most powerful objects in the universe – are ignited. These celestial objects of very high luminosity are found in the centres of some galaxies and can be a trillion times brighter than the sun, according to NASA. Although first discovered 60 years ago,…
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Earth’s ‘black hole police’ discover gravitational singularity near Milky Way | Science & Tech News
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An international team of astronomers known as the “black hole police” have discovered a dormant black hole located right next to the Milky Way. The team, including Kareem El-Badry of the Harvard-Smithsonian Centre for Astrophysics – himself nicknamed the “black hole destroyer” – is famed throughout the astronomy community for debunking new discoveries of gravitational…