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How to spot the Winter (or Summer) Hexagon by locating its six stars

How to spot the Winter (or Summer) Hexagon by locating its six stars

13 January 2021

Six bright stars make up a pattern that looks like a hexagon or circle in the night sky from now until March. Here's how to spot them
White dwarfs seen eating the remnants of destroyed planets

White dwarfs seen eating the remnants of destroyed planets

12 January 2021

Signs of the metals that make up Earth’s crust have been seen in the light coming from four dead stars known as white dwarfs, which may have consumed distant planets similar to ours

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