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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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      Alien life could face threats from passing stars and supernovae

      Posted on February 20, 2025June 25, 2025 by Ben Pauley

      Astronomers examined 84 of the closest known stars with potentially habitable exoplanets and found that 3 face possible extinction-level…

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        How did supermassive black holes form?

        Posted on January 30, 2025June 25, 2025 by Ben Pauley

        An astronomer analyzed ancient supermassive black holes with mathematical models and found they likely grew exponentially after light,…

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          Searching for the first supernovae in the universe

          Posted on November 4, 2024June 25, 2025 by Ben Pauley

          Astronomers developed new theoretical models for how stars evolve that suggest the JWST could glimpse the oldest stars in the universe…

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            Why do galaxies shrink?

            Posted on October 21, 2024June 25, 2025 by Ben Pauley

            An astronomer studying the 3 main processes that cause galaxies to lose mass found that the dominant process depends on the size and age of…

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              Why the Milky Way is shaped like a spiral

              Posted on October 7, 2024June 25, 2025 by Ben Pauley

              A team of astronomers reconstructed a 3-part history of the Milky Way Galaxy by comparing the physics and chemistry of 10 million red giant…

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                Machine learning has its limits when studying hard-to-see galaxies

                Posted on July 22, 2024June 25, 2025 by Ben Pauley

                Scientists in South America and Italy found that a machine-learning algorithm astronomers commonly use to analyze large datasets classified…

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                  Scientists found neutron stars merge to make heavy elements

                  Posted on June 13, 2024June 25, 2025 by Ben Pauley

                  A team of astrophysicists in China simulated collisions between the remains of former stars and showed the resulting explosions could…

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                    The universe’s dust is on the decline

                    Posted on May 27, 2024June 25, 2025 by Ben Pauley

                    Astronomers found the density of dust in the universe has been steadily decreasing for the last 10 billion years, as it coalesced to form…

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