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Quick Look: Chandra Sees Stellar X-rays Exceeding Safety Limits (12-15-2022)
A new study provides insight into how X-rays from stars like our Sun, but billions of years younger, could partially or completely evaporate the atmospheres of planets orbiting them.
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A new study provides insight into how X-rays from stars like our Sun, but billions of years younger, could partially or completely evaporate the atmospheres of planets orbiting them.
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Tour: Astronomers See Stellar Self-Control in Action (11-29-2022)
A study of RCW 36 shows that stars in a cluster can limit how many new stars form when the biggest and brightest members expel most of the gas from the system, thus drastically slowing down star birth.
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A study of RCW 36 shows that stars in a cluster can limit how many new stars form when the biggest and brightest members expel most of the gas from the system, thus drastically slowing down star birth.
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Quick Look: Astronomers See Stellar Self-Control in Action (11-29-2022)
A study of RCW 36 shows that stars in a cluster can limit how many new stars form when the biggest and brightest members expel most of the gas from the system, thus drastically slowing down star birth.
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-- Astronomers See Stellar Self-Control in Action
A study of RCW 36 shows that stars in a cluster can limit how many new stars form when the biggest and brightest members expel most of the gas from the system, thus drastically slowing down star birth.
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Quick Look: 'Listen' to the Light Echoes From a Black Hole (11-21-2022)
A new sonification turns light echoes from a black hole into sound.
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A new sonification turns light echoes from a black hole into sound.
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Quick Look: Hot Jupiters (11-02-2022)
Do some planets cause the star they orbit to act younger than they are?
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-- Planets Can Be Anti-Aging Formula for Stars
Do some planets cause the star they orbit to act younger than they are?
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Please note: These podcasts include artist illustrations and conceptual animations in addition to astronomical data.
Revised: November 03, 2022