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Author: Ben Pauley

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The lifecycle of a steam world

Posted on October 6, 2025October 6, 2025 by Ben Pauley

Scientists studied exoplanets with high water contents and found that they initially have outer vapor layers, which then cool and shrink…

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    Galaxy Cluster Abell 520
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    How do small galaxies get magnetic fields?

    Posted on September 22, 2025August 28, 2025 by Ben Pauley

    Astronomers showed that small galaxies orbiting larger galaxies become 2 to 8 times more magnetic after nearing their hosts.

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      Fermi Sees the Gamma Ray Sky
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      Where do deep-space gamma-rays come from?

      Posted on September 8, 2025August 18, 2025 by Ben Pauley

      Researchers found that distant star-forming galaxies can only account for about half of the high-energy radiation from outside the Milky Way…

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        Galaxy Cluster Abell 370
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        Galactic clusters impact star formation

        Posted on August 25, 2025August 25, 2025 by Ben Pauley

        Researchers used light emissions to reconstruct the evolution of galaxies that fall into clusters in deep space.

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          The Sun’s coldest regions are warmer than expected

          Posted on August 7, 2025July 28, 2025 by Ben Pauley

          Researchers found that the coldest regions of the Sun’s surface are much hotter than models predicted, likely due to turbulence in its…

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            Scientists date star columns at the center of galaxies

            Posted on July 24, 2025July 10, 2025 by Ben Pauley

            Researchers used data from the Very Large Telescope in Chile to study dense columns of stars at the center of 20 nearby galaxies. They found…

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              Machine learning helps find other Earths

              Posted on July 14, 2025September 12, 2025 by Ben Pauley

              Astronomers used an algorithm on stars with known exoplanets to identify 44 systems with potential Earth-like planets, 8 of which they…

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                Dying stars create new elements

                Posted on June 26, 2025June 26, 2025 by Ben Pauley

                Astrophysicists showed that collapsing white dwarfs can eject enough material to form heavy elements.

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                  Scientists discover a planet-eating star

                  Posted on May 29, 2025June 25, 2025 by Ben Pauley

                  Astronomers studied light emissions from a star system 2 years after its peak brightness and saw that it had consumed and partially spat out…

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                    What’s a Super-Earth made of?

                    Posted on May 19, 2025June 25, 2025 by Ben Pauley

                    Astronomers observed a super-Earth with properties requiring surface water or a steam atmosphere. It challenges the paradigm that rocky…

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