Cosmic Evolution
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Jun 28, 2018A European team of astronomers has discovered that dust particles around a star already coagulate before the star is fully grown. -
Jun 12, 2018The effects of solar wind bombardment are in some cases much more drastic than previously thought. -
Jun 11, 2018A faint and mysterious stream of microwaves emanating from star systems far out in the Milky Way could be caused by tiny diamonds, new research has suggested. -
Jun 4, 2018Fresh insight into how stars are formed is challenging scientists' understanding of the Universe. -
Apr 29, 2018By aiming intense X-ray beams at iron samples, scientists have discovered what may lie at the core of "super-Earths," rocky planets triple the mass of Earth orbiting far-distant stars. -
Apr 26, 2018About 200 to 400 million years after the Big Bang created the universe, the first stars began to appear. -
Apr 19, 2018Habitable planets may be more likely around warmer M-dwarfs. -
Apr 13, 2018New images from the SPHERE instrument on ESO's Very Large Telescope are revealing the dusty discs surrounding nearby young stars in greater detail than previously achieved. -
Apr 5, 2018Chemical models developed to help limit the emission of pollutants by car engines are being used to study the atmospheres of hot exoplanets orbiting close to their stars. -
Apr 5, 2018Axial tilt and tidal locking also matter in a planet's habitability.
