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Mirror-like exoplanet that 'shouldn't exist' is the shiniest world ever discovered
By Harry Baker published
A distant planet named LTT9779 b reflects 80% of its star's light, making the strange world with metal clouds the biggest known "mirror" in the universe.
Scientists discover the fastest stars ever seen in the Milky Way
By Ben Turner published
Astronomers discovered a new population of ultra-fast-moving stars, including the fastest 'runaway' star ever seen in our galaxy.
Are we really all made of stars?
By Remy Melina last updated
Carl Sagan famously proclaimed that humans are 'made of star stuff'. Here's what he meant — and why it's true.
This collapsed star is turning into a gigantic diamond before our eyes
By Stephanie Pappas published
Scientists have found a white dwarf that is cooling and crystallizing into a giant diamond.
Dying stars build humongous 'cocoons' that shake the fabric of space-time
By Briley Lewis published
New simulations show that dying stars release enormous "cocoons" of gas that may rattle with space-time ripples called gravitational waves.
There may be hundreds of millions of habitable planets in the Milky Way, new study suggests
By Briley Lewis published
A new analysis of Kepler data shows that one-third of small stars called M dwarfs may have the potential to host life.
Watch the biggest supernova in 10 years explode tonight on this free telescope livestream
By Robert Lea published
A newly discovered supernova can be watched as it develops in real-time online and for free. The livestream will begin at 6:30 p.m. EDT (2230 GMT) on Friday, May 26.
James Webb Telescope finds evidence of 'celestial monster' stars the size of 10,000 suns lurking at the dawn of time
By Ben Turner published
The James Webb Space Telescope has found key chemical fingerprints of supermassive stars just 440 million years after the Big Bang.
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