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James Webb telescope reveals 'cataclysmic' asteroid collision in nearby star systemThe James Webb Space Telescope has caught a snapshot of two massive asteroids colliding in a nearby star system — and it could teach us about how common solar systems like our own are.
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Space photo of the week: James Webb and Chandra telescopes spot a 'lighthouse' pointed at EarthImages from the James Webb Space Telescope and the Chandra X-ray Observatory have been combined to reveal how the Crab Nebula's neutron star is changing.
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How many stars in the Milky Way die each year?Stars die at different rates depending on how they kick the bucket.
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'Vanishing' stars may be turning into black holes without going supernova, new study hintsStars that vanish from the sky may be collapsing directly into black holes without going supernova first, a new study of a bizarre binary star system suggests.
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Space photo of the week: Hubble spots a twisted 'train-wreck' galaxy that may hide a cosmic illusionThe Hubble Space Telescope's stunning image of the dusty 'train-wreck' galaxy NGC 4753 reveals what may be one of the greatest optical illusions in the nearby universe.
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The universe may be dominated by particles that break causality and move faster than light, new paper suggestsWith the nature of the universe's two most elusive components up for debate, physicists have proposed a radical idea: Invisible particles called tachyons, which break causality and move faster than light, may dominate the cosmos.
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James Webb telescope finds origins of the biggest explosion since the Big Bang — revealing a new cosmological mysterySeen in 2022, a gamma-ray burst nicknamed the BOAT is believed to be the brightest explosion ever witnessed by humanity. But the James Webb Telescope's search for its origins has only thrown up more questions.
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Betelgeuse's mysterious spin could be a cosmic illusion caused by its enormous 'boiling' surfaceThe gigantic star Betelgeuse, which could be close to exploding, has previously been seen spinning much faster than it should be. However, a new study suggests that these observations were misinterpreted because of the star's shape-shifting surface.
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Dead star with 'metal scar' on its face likely killed and ate a planet in our galaxy, study findsA "metal scar" spotted on the face of a white dwarf star called WD 0816-310 could be the remains of a destroyed planet, researchers say.
