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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.
Rare 'warped' supernova revealed through space-time phenomenon predicted by Einstein
By Keith Cooper published
The gravity of a galaxy two-and-a-half billion light-years away has acted like a cosmic magnifying glass to amplify the light of a distant exploding white dwarf.
Scientists discovered a crucial element for life gushing out of Saturn's icy ocean moon
By Briley Lewis published
Astronomers have confirmed the presence of phosphates — a crucial ingredient for life — in a plume of icy water gushing out of Saturn's moon Enceladus.
Astronomers discover 2nd-ever 'Tatooine' star system with multiple planets orbiting multiple suns
By Harry Baker published
For only the second time, astronomers have discovered multiple "Tatooine worlds," or circumbinary planets, in the same star system.
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.
The Apollo moon landing was real, but NASA's quarantine procedure was not
By Joanna Thompson published
NASA officials overestimated their ability to contain alien microbes after the first moon landing, a new analysis suggests.
Life may already exist on the moon — and NASA's next mission could find it
By Leonard David published
Astronauts on NASA's Artemis moon missions might look for signs of life in shadowed polar craters — life that could have traveled with people from Earth.
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