Tag: Stars

‘Peanut’ stars may explain rare supernovae

Read more: Inside the dwarf galaxy Holmberg IX, two bright, massive stars orbit each other so closely that they share material and resemble a peanut. Such “yellow supergiant eclipsing binaries” …

The motion of two million stars

This video reveals the changing face of our Galaxy, tracing the motion of two million stars five million years into the future using data from the Tycho-Gaia Astrometric Solution, one …
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