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The bloated star may have a little buddy, which would explain its odd behavior
Yeah, it’s bad. There’s no way to sugarcoat that.
This is it. Now. Today. Let’s go.
JWST’s infrared eye sees material orbiting the iconic star
Also: An explosive xkcd, sea level rise, and a new space telescope is making progress
At a redshift of 15, that would be trouble for our understanding of the Universe. But it might just be a closer galaxy trying to fool us.
They’re also rather pretty to look at, too
LOOK AT THIS IMAGE! LOOK AT IT!!
That’s a really long jet. Yegads.
Goodbye photos from an asteroid-bound spacecraft, plus the Sun is at its activity peak now
Gliese 229B is actually two of these weird objects in a tight orbit around each other
The red dwarf is part of the Fomalhaut trinary star system