Neutron star merger hiding in mini-galaxy could answer 2 big astrophysics questions
Astronomers have spotted a colossal explosion coming from a pair of merging neutron stars lurking within the remnants of an ancient galaxy pileup. The unexpected...
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Universe-shaking collision of black hole and neutron star could upend our understanding of monster cosmic mergers
The universe-shaking collision of a black hole and a neutron star just led astronomers to a strange type of orbital interaction never seen before, and...
NASA telescope spots first alien ‘astrosphere’ around a sun-like star: Space photo of the week
quick facts What it is: HD 61005, a sun-like star nicknamed the “Moth” Where it is: About 117 light-years away in the constellation Puppis When...
Best STEM star projectors for kids in 2026
Some of the best star and night sky projectors are those that are genuinely useful STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) teaching and learning tools....
Scientists may have seen a star collapse directly into a black hole without exploding first
Theory shows that stars can collapse directly into black holes without first exploding as supernovae. In fact, this should be a relatively common occurrence. But...
‘Behemoth star,’ previously thought to be dying, is ‘rising from the ashes’ like a pheonix
One of the universe’s largest stars, previously predicted to be in the throes of a violent supernova death, may not imminently explode after all, a...
Mokoqi Star Projector Night Light review
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