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Gigantic star has gone through a rapid transformation and may explode

A red supergiant star appears to have changed in just a few years – an astronomical blink of an eye – which suggests it may be getting ready to explode in a supernova

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Two-faced star seems to have one hydrogen side and one helium side

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These three objects were originally identified as galaxies but they may actually be “dark stars”

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JWST may have spotted enormous stars powered by dark matter

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Odd gamma ray burst may be from a smash-up between two dead stars

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There seem to be some stars missing near the centre of the Milky Way

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Centre of our galaxy has a 'zone of avoidance' and we don't know why

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The Milky Way could contain thousands of stars from another galaxy

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A star has been eating an orbiting planet for 85 years

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NASA Videograb: Type Ia Supernova.This animation shows the explosion of a white dwarf, an extremely dense remnant of a star that can no longer burn nuclear fuel at its core. In this

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Fastest star in the galaxy clocked at 2285 kilometres per second

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Absolutely enormous asteroid belt discovered around a nearby star

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An artist's impression of a planet about to get munched by a star

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We've seen a star devouring a planet for the first time

In a preview of what’s to come for Earth in about 5 billion years, astronomers have spotted a sun-like star gobbling up a planet and belching out a blast of light and energy

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Remnants of the universe's first stars may have been found

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One star being eaten by another will take revenge as a black hole

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Your essential guide to the many breathtaking wonders of the universe

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JWST took a stunning picture of a star that’s about to go supernova

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