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Class 0 Protostars Eat Surrounding Material At A Fierce Pace

Class 0 Protostars Eat Surrounding Material At A Fierce Pace

Newborn class 0 Protostars feed at a furious rate and grow through surprisingly frequent feeding frenzies, a recent analysis of data from the Spitzer Space Telescope shows
Most Gold-rich Stars Formed Over 10 Billion Years Ago

Most Gold-rich Stars Formed Over 10 Billion Years Ago

The origin of so-called "gold-rich" stars, or stars with an abundance of heavy elements other than iron, such as gold and platinum, has been revealed by a team of researchers from the University of Notre Dame and Tohoku University.
Betelgeuse Is Evolving And Dying Before Our Eyes

Betelgeuse Is Evolving And Dying Before Our Eyes

In 2019 Betelgeuse likely underwent an enormous surface mass ejection (SME). An SME happens when a star expels large amounts of plasma and magnetic flux into the surrounding space.