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A new MIT professor is turning a decades-old underdog fusion reactor into a potential game-changer for unlimited clean energy. Her optimization work proves stellarators can now outperform their famous cousin, the tokamak.
Scientists just discovered powerful flares from dying stars near our galaxy's center using a telescope at the South Pole. It's the first time anyone has spotted these rare stellar outbursts in millimeter wavelengths, opening a new window into the Milky Way's most crowded neighborhood.
Scientists using a powerful telescope discovered what everyone thought was a dying star is actually a newborn one, rewriting our understanding of a cosmic mystery 4,500 light-years away. The find also helped solve a decades-old puzzle about measuring stellar explosions.
Scientists discovered radioactive stardust from an ancient supernova trapped in Antarctic ice, offering a cosmic time capsule into our solar system's journey through space. The finding helps explain how Earth collects debris from stellar explosions as we travel through interstellar clouds.
Japanese scientists discovered that shockwaves from dying stars carve spectacular wagon wheel patterns in cosmic nurseries where new stars are born. The finding reveals a beautiful cycle where stellar death creates the perfect conditions for stellar birth.
The James Webb Space Telescope discovered what happens when two stars merge in a cosmic explosion called a red nova: they create a supermassive star that spreads carbon compounds essential for life. Scientists found these stellar collisions may have provided the raw materials that made life on Earth possible.
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope revealed an incredible close-up of a star transforming into cosmic dust that will seed new solar systems. The breathtaking image shows how stellar death creates the building blocks for future planets and stars.
Basketball legend Sue Bird retired from playing but just scored two dream jobs: picking Team USA's 2028 Olympic roster and analyzing WNBA games for NBC. Her secret to thriving in this new chapter? Embracing the same leadership skills she honed as a point guard and letting go of perfection.
Scientists have cracked a longstanding puzzle about how baby stars grow by watching pairs of newborn stars orbit each other through thick cosmic dust. The breakthrough reveals how the universe builds stellar neighborhoods like our own.
Astronomers discovered what could be a supernova remnant closer to our galaxy's central black hole than almost any other stellar explosion ever found. This cosmic discovery reveals how dying stars create the building blocks for future planets and life.
The James Webb Space Telescope just captured something incredible hiding behind the famous Orion Nebula: a massive stellar nursery where hundreds of new stars are being born right now. Scientists can now see every stage of star formation happening in real time, 1,280 light-years from Earth.
For the first time in nearly 20 years of searching, scientists have definitively detected gamma rays from a rare superluminous supernova, solving a cosmic mystery about what powers these exceptionally bright stellar explosions. The culprit: a newborn magnetar with the strongest magnetic field in the universe.
Two NASA telescopes teamed up to photograph a stellar nursery 5,500 light-years away, creating an image that looks like twinkling holiday decorations across space. The combined view reveals young massive stars being born in one of the closest and best locations scientists have to study how these giant stars form and evolve.
A compact NASA telescope launched by SpaceX is revolutionizing the search for life beyond Earth by filtering out stellar noise that clouds exoplanet data. The mission promises cleaner insights into which distant worlds might actually support life.
The James Webb Space Telescope captured stunning images of nearly 9,000 young star clusters being born, revealing how these massive stellar nurseries reshape entire galaxies and influence planet formation in ways scientists never expected.
Scientists have finally captured definitive gamma-ray evidence of a supercharged supernova, revealing how the most magnetic objects in the universe are born. After nearly 20 years of searching, NASA's Fermi spacecraft witnessed a stellar explosion powered by a newborn magnetar spinning 700 times per second.
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured a stunning view of young stars forming in the Orion constellation, revealing details invisible to the human eye. The images show a stellar nursery just 1,280 light-years away where new suns are being born in clouds of gas and dust.
For the first time in history, astronomers are watching a massive star transform in real time, revealing secrets about how the universe's biggest stars meet their end. The discovery could rewrite what we know about stellar death.
A telescope in Hawaii captured a breathtaking image of a dying star wrapped in a glowing, milky white sphere 1,500 light-years from Earth. The stellar finale reveals the beauty hidden in cosmic endings.
The James Webb Space Telescope has spotted a surprisingly mature spiral galaxy with a bright stellar bar at its center, formed just 2 billion years after the Big Bang. The discovery pushes back our understanding of how quickly complex galaxies could take shape in the early universe.
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