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Jan 19, 2015 09:05 AM EST

Machines Sort Through Thousands of Stars to Learn About their Basic Properties

Astronomers are turning to machines when it comes to learning more about the stars.

Dec 12, 2014 06:51 AM EST

Pluto-Sized Objects Swarm Teenage, Sun-like Star

Astronomers have spotted an entire family of Pluto-sized objects with the help of ALMA. The tiny worlds which are swarming around an adolescent version of our own sun, may tell researchers a bit more about the evolution of solar systems.

Dec 09, 2014 11:18 AM EST

Baby Twin Stars Reveal More About the Birth of Binary Stars

Scientists have spotted the spiral arms of molecular gas around "baby twin" stars-or binary protostars. The new observations reveal a bit more about the mechanism of the birth and growth of binary stars, which could further future studies.

Dec 06, 2014 07:25 AM EST

Two Massive Stars are So Close that They'll Merge to Create a Mega Star

Astronomers have caught two stars in the act. It turns out that the stars of MY Camelopardalis binary system are so close that they'll eventually merge and create one, supermassive star in the future.

Nov 21, 2014 09:16 AM EST

Scientists Explore Missing Star Mystery in Small Dwarf Galaxy's Globular Clusters

New observations of globular clusters in a small galaxy, called Fornax, show that they are very similar to those found in the Milky Way, and so must have formed in a similar way.

Nov 21, 2014 08:11 AM EST

Space 'Microphones' May Unravel the Mystery of High-Powered Gamma-Ray Bursts

Scientists are hoping to learn a bit more about the origins of gamma-ray bursts using some new equipment: space "microphones."

Nov 07, 2014 07:34 AM EST

The Cosmic Light of Stray Stars Makes the Universe Brighter Than Expected

Using an experiment carried into space on a NASA suborbital rocket, astronomers have discovered a diffuse cosmic glow that appears to be more light than what's normally produced by known galaxies.

Nov 04, 2014 09:23 AM EST

Astronomers Spy the Dynamics Behind a Triple Star System

Scientists have made the most accurate study so far of a cocoon of gas and dust surrounding a triple star system. Using complementary observations from multiple instruments, the researchers have identified the complex dynamics at work within the system, called GG Tau.

Nov 03, 2014 10:02 AM EST

Very Large Telescope Spots Exozodiacal Light Among Nearby Stars

Scientists have spotted exozodiacal light with the help of the Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI).

Oct 31, 2014 07:56 AM EDT

Hubble Space Telescope Spots Eerie, Ghostly Light of Stars from Dead Galaxies

Just in time for Halloween, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured the ghostly glow of stars ejected from ancient galaxies that were ripped apart several billion years ago.

Oct 30, 2014 07:12 AM EDT

How a Gassy Inner Disk Discovered in Binary Star System Forms Planets

Scientists are learning a bit more about how planets form. Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), they've detected a streamer of dust and gas flowing from a massive outer disk toward the inner reaches of a binary star system.

Oct 27, 2014 01:37 PM EDT