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Abigail Beall

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Tag: stars

Black holes lurking at the centre of galaxies could kill stars

The Universe looks very different today compared to how it looked 12 billion years ago. Galaxies once ‘hotspots’ where billions of stars … More

black holes, space, stars

The beautiful way stars form out of clumps of gas is visualised for the first time

It may look like an abstract shape from a fuzzy space photograph, but a graph published today reveals a fresh insight into … More

space, stars

The Milky Way’s fastest stars could have escaped from nearby galaxies

At the very edge of our galaxy, some stars are moving fast enough that they have the energy needed to escape … More

galaxy, milky way, space, stars

Quickest we could visit another star is 69 years – here’s how

Of all the stars in the sky, you might assume the closest to the sun would be the easiest to … More

space, space travel, stars

Astronomers spot two stars colliding, creating stellar ‘fireworks’ 1,500 light years away

The debris left behind after stars were born in dramatic explosions has been caught on camera. Using the Atacama Large … More

space, stars

Ancient stardust sheds light on the birth and explosive deaths of the Universe’s very first stars

Astronomers have peered back more than 13 billion light years to find a huge mass of glowing stars – the … More

space, stars, universe

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