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A poof of red and yellow light shoots out of a dark red and black star
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Coronal Dimmings Shine Light on Stellar CMEs

Jenessa Duncombe, Staff Writer by Jenessa Duncombe 6 June 202225 August 2022

Coronal mass ejections from stars have eluded easy observation, so scientists are looking at what’s left behind.

Illustration of a small, mottled, cold exoplanet, with its host star in the background.
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Exoplanets in the Shadows

Damond Benningfield, Science Writer by Damond Benningfield 26 July 202125 October 2021

The bright clutter of individual discoveries can overshadow some fascinating research, from necroplanetology to rogue planets to the intimacy of alphanumeric nomenclature.

Earth with stars in the background.
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Thousands of Stars View Earth as a Transiting Exoplanet

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 22 July 202110 January 2023

Researchers have identified more than 2,000 stars whose past, present, or future vantage points afford a view of Earth passing directly in front of the Sun, a geometry useful for pinpointing planets.

The supergiant Betelgeuse glows red and orange against a dark, starry background. The star’s surface is mottled and emits a faint reddish glow representing its stellar wind. A dark cloud of dust partially obscures the star’s lower left region.
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When Betelgeuse Won’t Explode, You Need a Big Telescope to Prove It

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 30 June 202126 January 2022

Thanks to last-minute telescope time, researchers pieced together the sequence of events that caused Betelgeuse’s Great Dimming last year.

An enormous stellar flare erupts from Proxima Centauri in this artist’s representation.
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Record-Setting Flare Spotted on the Nearest Star to the Sun

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 24 May 202128 April 2022

Proxima Centauri recently let loose a blast of radiation, and ground- and space-based telescopes detected the record-setting event at wavelengths ranging from radio to the ultraviolet.

Thousands of stars of many colors on a black background
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1.3 Million Pairs of Stars Surround the Sun

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 31 March 202110 January 2023

Roughly half of Sun-like stars have a stellar sibling, and a surprising fraction of those siblings are identical twins.

Image showing the cloud bands on Luhman 16 B
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Seeing Stripes in the Atmosphere of a Brown Dwarf

Damond Benningfield, Science Writer by Damond Benningfield 15 February 202128 January 2022

A planet-hunting satellite’s observations of the nearby system Luhman 16 AB reveal bands of clouds, high-speed jets, and polar vortices.

Stars in the sky
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The Closest Black Hole Is 1,000 Light-Years Away

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 12 May 202024 May 2022

An unseen object—probably a black hole—orbits with two normal stars in our cosmic neighborhood.

Orange and brown planet-looking object
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Record-Setting Winds on a Nearby Brown Dwarf

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 16 April 202024 October 2022

Infrared and radio observations reveal zonal winds moving faster than 2,000 kilometers per hour on a “failed star” in our celestial neighborhood.

An artist's impression of a gas giant orbiting a white dwarf star
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Hot White Dwarfs May Reveal Cold Gas Giants

Nola Taylor Redd, Science Writer by Nola Taylor Tillman 2 March 202014 January 2022

The gaseous atmospheres of giant planets may evaporate and accrete onto the dense surfaces of white dwarfs, providing astronomers a new way to detect hidden exoplanets.

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