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Why Betelgeuse Keeps Dimming: New Clues About a Dying Supergiant
Betelgeuse, the red supergiant in Orion, has puzzled astronomers with repeated dimming episodes. New observations point to giant dust clouds and enormous convection cells on its surface.
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Discoveries
Neutron Star Collisions: Where the Universe Forges Gold
When two neutron stars spiral together, they release gravitational waves and forge heavy elements like gold a…
Exoplanets
A Temperate Earth-Sized World Around a Quiet Red Dwarf
Transit surveys keep finding Earth-sized planets in the habitable zones of red dwarf stars — and the quiet on…
Cosmology
Deep Field Astronomy: Reading the Universe's Baby Pictures
Every deep field image is a time machine: the faintest smudges are galaxies whose light left them more than 1…