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When Will Betelgeuse Explode?

Discover Magazine - Wed 24 May 23

The big, red galactic troublemaker has kept humanity guessing for thousands of years. Physicists predict when Betelgeuse will explode.

Astronomers want to build the next-generation Arecibo telescope

Phys.org - Mon 22 May 23

The Arecibo Telescope was an amazing tool for astronomers. Built in the early 1960s, it had a 1,000-foot-wide dish and was capable of both receiving and transmitting radio signals. It did radar ...

Researchers explore the inner ring of CI Tauri

Phys.org - Mon 22 May 23

Using ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT), an international team of astronomers has probed the inner dusty ring of a young star known as CI Tauri (or CI Tau for short). Results of the study, published ...

For the first time, astronomers have detected a radio signal from the massive explosion of a dying white dwarf

Phys.org - Sat 20 May 23

When stars like our sun die, they tend to go out with a whimper and not a bang—unless they happen to be part of a binary (two) star system that could give rise to a supernova explosion.

XTE J1906+090 is a persistent low-luminosity Be X-ray binary, study suggests

Phys.org - Thu 18 May 23

Using INTEGRAL and Swift spacecraft, European astronomers have observed an unidentified X-ray source known as XTE J1906+090. Results of the observational campaign, presented May 11 on the arXiv ...

Betelgeuse is Getting Brighter Again — But It (Probably) Won’t Explode

Inverse - Wed 17 May 23

Bad news, space explosion fans: Betelgeuse is behaving strangely again, but it’s probably not about to explode.Betelgeuse, the red giant best known for its starring role as the right shoulder ...

A radio-detected type Ia supernova with helium-rich circumstellar material

Nature News - Wed 17 May 23

Nature, Published online: 17 May 2023; doi:10.1038/s41586-023-05916-wA type Ia supernova shows the presence of helium-rich circumstellar material, as demonstrated by its spectral ...

Radio signal reveals supernova origin

Phys.org - Wed 17 May 23

In the latest issue of the journal Nature, astronomers from Stockholm University reveal the origin of a thermonuclear supernova explosion. Strong emission lines of helium and the first detection ...

Radio Signal Reveals Origin of a Thermonuclear Supernova Explosion, SciTechDaily - Fri 19 May 23
Radio signal reveals supernova origin, SpaceDaily - Thu 18 May 23
Radio signal reveals supernova origin, ScienceDaily - Wed 17 May 23
Radio signal reveals supernova origin, Scienmag - Wed 17 May 23

Radiation Belt Identified Outside The Solar System For First Time Ever

ScienceAlert - Fri 19 May 23

This has never been done before.

Newly discovered Earth-sized exoplanet could be overflowing with volcanoes

Techspot - Fri 19 May 23

The rocky world, dubbed LP 791-18 d, orbits a red dwarf star about 90 light-years from Earth. It's both slightly larger and slightly more massive than Earth, orbiting on the inner edge of the ...

Astronomers Detect First Radiation Belt in Alien Solar System

Extremetech - Thu 18 May 23

It took a network of 39 radio telescopes to reveal the bands of radiation around a nearby ultra-cool dwarf star.

A Close Look at Another Star's Asteroid Belt Reveals It's Not Quite What It Seems

ScienceAlert - Thu 18 May 23

What's lurking within?

Radio Signals From a Dying Star Raise Questions About Supernova Explosions

ScienceAlert - Thu 18 May 23

Why haven't we seen this before?

Zombie white dwarf fed on neighbor star until bursting in a thermonuclear explosion

SPACE.com - Wed 17 May 23

Astronomers have made the first detection of a supernova in radio waves, finding that an exploding white dwarf star was feeding from a companion star like a cosmic ...

Unprecedented Discovery: Astronomers Find First Radiation Belt Beyond Our Solar System

SciTechDaily - Tue 23 May 23

For the first time, astronomers have discovered a radiation belt outside our solar system, around a brown dwarf called LSR J1835+3259. The belt is 10...

First observed radio waves from a type Ia supernova

Newswise - Fri 19 May 23

For the first time, astronomers have observed radio waves emitted by a Type Ia supernova, a type of explosion originating from a white dwarf star. This provides important clues to understand ...

First observed radio waves from a type Ia supernova, Eurekalert - Thu 18 May 23
First Observed Radio Waves from a Type Ia Supernova, AlphaGalileo - Thu 18 May 23

Astronomers Detect Radio Waves from Type Ia Supernova

Sci.News - Thu 18 May 23

The detection of the Type Ia supernova SN 2020eyj at radio wavelengths show that the exploded white dwarf had a helium-rich companion. The post Astronomers Detect Radio Waves from Type Ia Supernova ...