Physics
Oddball star could be home to long-sought superheavy elements
One of the most chemically strange stars we know could chart a path to the so-called "island of stability", where massive yet relatively stable atoms exist
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Fuzzy pulsars orbiting black holes could unmask quantum gravity
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Family tree of stars helps reconstruct Milky Way’s formation
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Space
Magnetic meteorites narrow down solar system’s birthdate
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Starlight test shows quantum world has been weird for 600 years
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Sun’s rotation is slowed down by its own photons
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Space
Tiny spacecraft could brake at exoplanet using alien starlight
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Intergalactic collision birthed a sparkling ring of young stars
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Space
Binary stars shred up and shove off their newborn planets
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‘Alien megastructure’ signal may be due to star eating a planet
Tabby’s star’s odd blinking and fading has been put down to alien signals and swarms of comets, but devouring a planet could explain everything
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Milky Way’s core could be spewing out planet-sized star chunks
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Fresh look at old data shows the sun is surprisingly sluggish
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Galaxy’s rapid growth spurt may have spawned 3000 suns per year
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Mickey Mouse ears may explain universe’s biggest explosions
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