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The phosphorus that came from the stars
All chemical elements in the Universe (except for H and most of the He) have been made in stellar interiors. But among those elements, the ones that allowed to...
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NewsThe relic galaxy NGC 1277 lacks dark matterThe standard cosmological model states that massive galaxies contain a large fraction of dark matter. Dark matter is a transparent substance that does not...
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NewsThe role of active galactic nucleus feedback on the evolution of dwarf galaxies from cosmological simulations: Supermassive black holes suppress star formation in low-mass galaxiesRecent observational studies suggest that feedback from active galactic nuclei (AGNs)—the energetic centres powered by supermassive black holes—may play an...
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NewsThe role of the Sagittarius dwarf galaxy in the evolution of our GalaxyThe European Space Agency's Gaia mission is revolutionising our understanding on how the Milky Way, the spiral galaxy we inhabit, has formed and evolved. Gaia...
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NewsThe star formation rate evolution of low-mass galaxies as seen by OTELOWe present the analysis of a sample of Halpha, Hbeta and [OII] emission line galaxies from the OTELO survey, with masses typically below log(M */Msun) = 9.4 and...
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NewsThe surface of asteroid Bennu: dark, rough and dense with bouldersBetween August and December 2018, during the Approach and Preliminary Survey phases of the NASA OSIRIS-REx mission, a series of images and spectra of the...
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NewsThe synchronized dance of the Magellanic Clouds star formation historyAccording to the current theories of galaxy formation, these generally form as small entities that grow through fusion, collision and accretion, eventually...
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NewsThe universal variability of the stellar initial mass function probed by the TIMER surveyThe universality of the stellar initial mass function (IMF) is one of the most widespread assumptions in modern Astronomy and yet, it might be flawed. While...
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NewsTidally trapped pulsations in a close binary star systemIt has long been suspected that tidal forces in close binary stars could modify the orientation of the pulsation axis of the constituent stars. Such stars have...