The results indicate that the elements essential for life formed within extreme, highly energetic environments deep inside ...
"Why are we here?" is humanity's most fundamental and persistent question. Tracing the origins of the elements is a direct ...
Scientists have found an "extreme" solution to the mysterious origins of critical life-supporting elements chlorine and potassium.
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Scientists still can't explain the star that exploded repeatedly
PTF14hls is a star that refuses to follow the rules. Discovered in September 2014, it was supposed to be a typical supernova ...
Researchers from Kyoto University and Meiji University have led the quest to understand the origins of elements and the ...
Stars often die with a final burst of beauty. For the first time, astronomers have captured visual proof that a star can explode not once, but twice before fading forever. Using the European Southern ...
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First Hubble View Of The Crab Nebula In 24 Years Is A Thing Of Beauty… With Mysterious "Knots"
Almost a thousand years since its formation, the Crab Nebula sports complex shells of plasma, filled with tendrils, filaments ...
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Astronomers capture stunning close-up photos of exploding stars blasting material in multiple streams
A nova is a massive, temporary star explosion caused when a dense white dwarf star pulls material from a nearby star, setting ...
Dust littered the early universe and seeded the formation of rocky planets such as the Earth. But where, exactly, most of the celestial grit came from was uncertain until now. Astronomers have found ...
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