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Star's birth glimpsed 'in real time'
Posted in Featured, Science on 7th Apr, 2015
by Alex Muller
Astronomers have witnessed a key stage in the birth of a very heavy star, using two radio telescope views of the process taken 18 years apart.
It is probable that exoplanets are in the habitable zone around most stars
Posted in Science on 22nd Mar, 2015
by Alex Muller
Billions of the stars in the Milky Way will have one to three planets in the habitable zone, where life could exist.
Galactic 'rain' could be the key to new star formation
Posted in Science on 7th Mar, 2015
by Alex Muller
When conditions are right, these cooling gas clouds help make stars.
An alien star system buzzed past the Sun 70,000 years ago
Posted in Science on 18th Feb, 2015
by Alex Muller
An alien star passed through our Solar System just 70,000 years ago, astronomers have announced. No other star is known to have approached this close to us.
Twinkle mission to take a closer look at exoplanet atmospheres
Posted in Science on 13th Feb, 2015
by Alex Muller
The Twinkle satellite will look at the atmospheres of exoplanets to seek more definite signs of life.