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Revisiting the Barnard’s Star Debate
A possible super-Earth was discovered 6 light years from us around Barnard’s star, but does it actually exist?
Mixing up a Batch of Stars
We can learn a lot about the history of the universe from the stars we see in the night sky today. In today’s astrobite, we look at the history that certain carbon-enhanced, metal-poor stars might be trying to tell.
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What Are Starspots Like on Sun-like Stars?
There are a lot of Sun-like stars in the universe. Are they as identical as the name suggests, or are there important differences between them?
Potential Planets in the Bulge
Five candidate exoplanets have been found! Read this bite to find out if there are aliens on them! Just kidding… but today’s paper does cover how these candidates were found as well as their potential properties.
The Stuff of Stars
I attempt to summarize what some astronomers have called “undoubtedly the most brilliant Ph.D. thesis ever written in astronomy.”
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