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A New Look at Sunspots

In a new study, scientists looked at sunspots — darkened patches on the Sun caused by its magnetic field — at low resolution as if they were trillions of miles away. What resulted was a simulated view of...

Spitzer Space Telescope Legacy

To understand the significance of the Spitzer Space Telescope on the understanding of our solar system, think of what the steam engine meant for the industrial revolution. A national team of scientists today published...

Magnetars and Rotation-Powered Pulsars

For the current study, work done by Chin-Ping Hu, a visiting researcher at the Extreme Natural Phenomena RIKEN Hakubi Research Team in the RIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research and colleagues, has revealed a missing...

In the Eye of a Stellar Cyclone

While on COVID lockdown, a University of Sydney honours student has written a research paper on a star system dubbed one of the “exotic peacocks of the stellar world.” Only one in a hundred million stars...