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Giant Planets Orbit Close but Don’t Crash Into Star
Astronomers say they have a clearer picture why two giant planets are able to orbit close to their star without getting flung into the star or colliding into each other. The star is named 55 Cancri....
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Pulsar Launches ‘Clump’ as Heavy as Earth’s Oceans
A fast-moving pulsar appears to have punched a hole in a disk of gas around its companion star and to have launched a fragment of the disk outward at a speed of about 40 million miles per hour. NASA’s...
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Watch This Black Hole Rip Apart a Star
Astronomers caught a black hole tearing apart a star in the center of a galaxy about 290 million light years away from Earth. The team used a trio of orbiting observatories that includes NASA’s Swift...
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Giant Planets Orbit Close but Don’t Crash Into Star
Astronomers say they have a clearer picture why two giant planets are able to orbit close to their star without getting flung into the star or colliding into each other. The star is named 55 Cancri....
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Pulsar Launches ‘Clump’ as Heavy as Earth’s Oceans
A fast-moving pulsar appears to have punched a hole in a disk of gas around its companion star and to have launched a fragment of the disk outward at a speed of about 40 million miles per hour. NASA’s...
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Watch This Black Hole Rip Apart a Star
Astronomers caught a black hole tearing apart a star in the center of a galaxy about 290 million light years away from Earth. MORE:Giant Black Hole in Normal Galaxy Breaks the Rules‘Here Be Dragons’:...
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Crazy Fast Winds Escape Black Hole ‘Like a Bat out of Hell’
The fastest winds ever seen at ultraviolet wavelengths have been discovered near a supermassive black hole. “This new ultrafast wind surprised us when it appeared at ultraviolet wavelengths, indicating...
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