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Shouldn’t we be orbiting a red dwarf?
You may have heard of the Fermi Paradox, but have you heard of the Red Sky Paradox? Statistics argue that unless common red dwarf star systems are less habitable, it’s pretty unusual that we orbit a sun-like star.
Cold and Distant, Meet the Newest Brown Dwarf!
Citizen scientists have discovered a new brown dwarf! But what exactly makes Ross 19B so special?
Double (Neutron Star) Trouble
A new massive pulsar binary system has been found, but could it be an elusive double neutron star system?
NGC 5466 and Its Stellar Stream
Find out how astronomers discovered a new stellar stream around the Milky Way in today’s Astrobite.
An Extreme, Distant Quasar in the Cosmic House of Mirrors
Step into the cosmic house of mirrors at this quasar party at dawn!
Mergers and AGN go hand-in-hand…or do they??
The authors of today’s paper dig deep into the debate of whether galaxy mergers are major players in triggering AGN at intermediate redshifts.
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