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Astronomers Found Strange, Accelerating X-Ray Pulses Coming From a Black Hole. They Might Be a Sign of an Orbiting White Dwarf
The dense stellar remnant would, if confirmed, be the closest known object to any black hole, according to preliminary ...
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Amateur Astronomer Stumbles Upon Something Strange That Contradicts Previous Models of Jupiter's Atmospheric Composition
Amateur Astronomer Stumbles Upon Something Strange That Contradicts Previous Models of Jupiter's Atmospheric Composition An ...
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Astronomers observe real-time formation of black hole jets for the first time
In 2018, a galaxy about 270 million light-years away from Earth exhibited a major increase in activity. It quieted down again ...
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Astronomers baffled by bizarre 'zombie star' that shouldn't exist
A newly discovered neutron star is behaving so strangely that it may alter our understanding of the dense remains left behind when stellar objects die ...
Astronomers “Astonished” as Citizen Scientists Reveal Jupiter’s Clouds Are Not What We Thought
A groundbreaking study combining the efforts of amateur and professional astronomers has redefined our understanding of ...
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8 of the greatest mysteries in the universe
Here, Space.com explores some of the biggest space mysteries currently perplexing scientists. In the early 20th century, astronomer Edwin Hubble discovered that the universe is expanding ...
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An amateur astronomer used an old technique to study Jupiter — and found something strange
Using commercially available telescopes and spectral filters, an amateur astronomer named Steve Hill collected data to map ...