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Something weird is happening on the sun
According to a recent report on the Australian Science Alert website, something weird is happening in the sun. So far, for almost every day in 2022, it has been erupting in the form of flares and coronal mass ejections, some of which are as intense as our star can make.
By Cindy Dory2 years ago in Futurism
Do stars remember their past?
Stars in their "young" years, from newborn to adolescent, pose a major scientific challenge. Because of their complexity, modeling the star formation process in theoretical models is extremely challenging. Observing a star's oscillations is one of the few ways to find out more about a star's age, structure, or formation.
By Mao Jiao Li2 years ago in Futurism
A star older than the universe?
Earlier, scientists found that the metal content of the star HD 140283 was very low, much lower than that of the Sun, as determined by stellar spectroscopy. With a better understanding of stellar evolution, scientists realized that it is a very old star, most likely of group II (our Sun is a group I star), because of its low metal content, which means that it formed when there were not many metals in the universe.
By Maria Lahti2 years ago in Futurism
36 light years away, scientists have discovered a "super-Earth".
Some time ago, scientists reportedly discovered a "super-Earth" orbiting a red dwarf star 36 light-years away from Earth, with a mass about three times that of Earth and a rotation period of about 2.4 days.
By Alessandro Algardi2 years ago in Futurism
1500 light years: Black hole "unicorn" to become the closest black hole to Earth?
Astronomers recently discovered the unicorn black hole, which is currently the closest black hole to Earth. It is a small black hole, 1,500 light-years from Earth, with a mass about three times that of the Sun.
By Mao Jiao Li2 years ago in Futurism
A brand new black hole will appear!
We all know that there are many black holes in the universe. In addition to supermassive black holes, primordial black holes, and newly discovered intermediate-mass black holes, which are not yet known exactly why they form, massive stars also become stellar-class black holes after collapsing at the end of their lives.
By Sue Torres2 years ago in Futurism