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Planets could survive the death of their star and be able to support life – and now astronomers are going to hunt for them. The …
White dwarfs are the stars that will be left behind when “stars like the sun fade,” smashing into space in cooling ash. Recent observations have …
Astronomers may have solved the mystery of why the death shrouds of dead stars appear to lack sulfur, an element once called “brimstone” and associated …
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has already proven adept at looking into the past by imaging distant objects, but new ones could see the …
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