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Creating gold: Physicists show how the precious metal is created

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When a violent shake of space-time hit the Earth on August 17, 2017, it was not only possible to measure ...

Astronomers discover strangely missing stars in galaxies near Milky Way

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A newfound population of stars in nearby dwarf galaxies represents the long-sought progenitors of a specific type of stellar death, ...

Our universe’s smallest galaxies hold the largest star factories. Here’s why

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Some of the biggest, most intense regions of star formation are found in the smallest of galaxies, and scientists believe ...

Supposedly Dead ‘Tasmanian Devil’ Star Whirls Back to Life

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On September 7, 2022, the Zwicky Transient Facility detected a new transient object in deep space, about one billion light-years ...