Sound check for the Sun’s magnetic dynamo
Acoustic waves shed light on the magnetic behaviour of our local star
Binary star breaks speed record
The fastest binary star system ever detected could provide a glimpse of gravitational waves
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Supernova link to ancient extinction
Iron in the Earth’s crust gives clue to marine extinction two million years ago
A new twist for stellar magnetism
The complex spin of a sun-like star lends weight to astronomical theories
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Star signs first light in cosmos
Simulations suggest that an enormous lone star was the first entity in the Universe
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Old star caught in the act
Astronomers witness a fleeting stage of star death that may have started just a few years ago
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Secrets and surprises of the Sun
There has been a growing awareness in the scientific community – and to some degree among the reading public – that the Sun is a marvellously variable and mysterious object about which we ...
Dynamo effect forces energy from black holes
Magnetic fields could make black holes spill energy into surrounding gas and dust
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Martin Rees wins cosmology prize
The Peter Gruber Foundation rewards the diverse achievements of the UK Astronomer Royal
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Nucleus sheds light on neutron stars
Neutrons in a lead nucleus shed light on the structure of neutron stars
