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Sorry, Proxima Centauri Is Probably a Hellhole, Too

The surface of Proxima b as imagined in this artist’s impression. Sadly, the reality probably doesn’t include an atmosphere (ESO/M. Kornmesser) The funny thing about habitable zones is that they’re not...

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Primordial Black Holes Might be Cosmic Gold Diggers

Neutron stars might have black hole parasites in their cores (NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center) When the universe’s first black holes appeared is one of the biggest mysteries in astrophysics. Were...

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How Gravitational Waves Led Us to Neutron Star Gold

Artist impression of a violent neutron star collision (Dana Berry, SkyWorks Digital, Inc.) One hundred and thirty million years ago in a galaxy 130 million light-years away, two neutron stars met their...

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Wonky Star Systems May Be Born That Way

A nearby baby star has been discovered with a warped protoplanetary disk — a feature that may reveal the true nature of the solar system’s planetary misalignments [RIKEN] Textbook descriptions of our...

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How Is Stardust Created? #TRIUMFology

I worked on TRIUMF’s Five-Year Plan (2020-2025) last year, so Astroengine is featuring a few physicsy articles that were included in the document to tell the center’s story When (neutron) stars...

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This Weird Star System Is Flipping Awesome

The binary system observed by ALMA isn’t wonky, it’s the first example of a polar protoplanetary disk Artwork of the system HD 98000. This is a binary star comprising two sun-like components,...

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Psychedelic Simulation Showcases the Ferocious Power of a Solar Flare

Scientists are closing in on a better understanding about how these magnetic eruptions evolve [Mark Cheung, Lockheed Martin, and Matthias Rempel, NCAR] For the first time, scientists have created a...

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Two Stellar Zombie Spinners Are Ripping Up Spacetime

The pair of white dwarf stars are orbiting one another every seven minutes—and future gravitational wave observatories will be able to detect them whirl. White dwarf binaries are among some of the...

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The Sun Is a Beautifully Blank Billiard Ball for Halloween

For the festive season, our nearest star is keeping its choice of costume simple. I’m not saying the Sun isn’t being creative, it’s just not putting too much effort into this year’s stellar fancy...

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Is Betelgeuse About to Blow? Maybe… Maybe Not

The famous supergiant on Orion’s shoulder has rapidly dimmed, stoking excitement that a supernova may be in the offing. Artist’s impression of the tortured, bubbling photosphere of a dying Betelgeuse....

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