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Astronomers suddenly fixated on North Star, and it is not for romance

A star that once symbolized constancy is suddenly looking far less steady. Astronomers are turning fresh attention to Polaris ...
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'Singing' red giant stars could offer another way to measure the universe's expansion

In around 5 billion years, the sun will run out of the fuel needed for nuclear fusion in its core. This will cause its inner core to collapse under the force of the sun's own gravity. At this point, ...
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University of Texas Astronomers Achieve Major Improvement in Cosmic Distance Scale with Hubble Space Telescope

AUSTIN, Texas — An international team of astronomers led by Fritz Benedict and Barbara McArthur of The University of Texas at Austin has used Hubble Space Telescope to solve one of the biggest ...
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How astronomers measure distance without travelling anywhere

It’s a bit mind-bending to realise that everything we know about the scale of the universe comes from people stuck […] ...
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Nasa’s Webb, Hubble telescopes affirm universe’s expansion rate, puzzle persists

When you are trying to solve one of the biggest conundrums in cosmology, you should triple check your homework. The puzzle, called the 'Hubble Tension,' is that the current rate of the expansion of ...
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'Singing' red giant stars could offer another way to measure the universe's expansion

The cosmic distance ladder could soon have another rung. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. In around 5 billion years, the sun will ...