Topic: Astrophysics

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    Discovery of a massive black hole companion to a B-type star from radial velocity measurements
    All stellar-mass black holes have hitherto been identified by X-rays emitted from gas that is accreting onto the black hole from a companion star. These systems...
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    Discovery of a young forming planet around the nearby star AU Mic
    AU Microscopii (AU Mic) is the second closest pre-main-sequence star, at a distance of 9.79 parsecs and with an age of 22 million years . AU Mic possesses a...
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    Discovery of continuous infrared winds during the outburst of a black hole
    X-ray binaries are stellar systems composed of a compact object (either a stellar-mass black hole or a neutron star) and a donor star that transfers mass to the...
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    Discovery of pulsations in the nitrogen-rich PG1159 star PG 1144+005
    Up to 98% of all single stars will eventually become white dwarfs - stars that link the history and future evolution of the Galaxy, and whose previous evolution...
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    Discovery of relativistic jets blowing bubbles in the central region of the Teacup Galaxy
    A study led by Anelise Audibert, a researcher at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), reveals a process that explains the peculiar morphology of the...
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    Discovery of Stars Surrounded by Iron Dust in the Large Magellanic Cloud
    Stars with masses between one and eight times the mass of the Sun evolve along the asymptotic giant branch (AGB) before ending their lives as white dwarfs. It...
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    Discovery of the highest-energy photons from a gamma-ray burst by the MAGIC telescopes
    Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are brief and extremely powerful cosmic explosions. They are thought to result from the collapse of massive stars or the merging of...
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    Dissecting light bridges: the stratification of their physical properties in geometric height
    Light bridges are elongated and bright structures protruding into the umbra of sunspots. The presence of light bridges has a significant role in the evolution...
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    Do we need a galactic disc to form stars?
    Early-type galaxies (ETGs) were historically considered as ‘boring’ objects by astronomers. This galaxy category encompasses lenticular and elliptical galaxies...