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A fast-moving star is colliding with interstellar gas, creating a spectacular bow shock

Zeta Ophiuchi has led an eventful life. It began as a typical large star, roughly twenty times the mass of the sun. It happily...

Evidence that buckyballs and carbon nanotubes form from the dust and gas of dying stars

The presence of the largest molecules known to exist in interstellar gas has been explained by astronomers at the University of Arizona. The researchers simulated...

Observing twinkling pulsars to understand mysterious interstellar plasma

Pulsars, which are rapidly spinning remnants of stars that flash like a lighthouse, occasionally exhibit extreme brightness variations. Scientists believe that these brief flashes...

Prospecting for interstellar oil

We have developed a new method for searching for carbon compounds in space, similar to how oil is discovered on Earth. Our method was...

Astronomers inspect interstellar medium of the galaxy SPT0346-52

Scientists used Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array to observe an interstellar medium in a distant star-forming galaxy SPT0346-52. The data is essential for improving our...

Researchers find the source of gamma rays in a small neighboring galaxy

According to a recent study published in Nature Astronomy, an international team of researchers has discovered a small satellite galaxy of the Milky Way...

Simulation suggests gravitational interactions drive Milky Way’s galactic bar bulges

A new simulation run on the world's most powerful astronomy supercomputer has produced a testable scenario to explain the appearance of the Milky Way's...

Planet 9 is running out of places to hide

We have a good idea of what is out there in our solar system. We know there isn't a Mars-sized planet orbiting between Jupiter...

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