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  • [ 21 January 2021 ] Researchers spot whirlwind marking possible exoplanet in the making News
  • [ 14 January 2021 ] NASA InSight’s ‘Mole’ no longer digging the red planet News
  • [ 13 January 2021 ] Most distant quasar – and youngest supermassive black hole – identified News
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Jupiter-size star generates titanic white-light ‘superflare’

20 April 2019 Astronomy Now

An enormously powerful superflare from a star the size of Jupiter challenges theories about how magnetic fields in such small suns store energy.

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Three potentially habitable worlds found orbiting nearby ultra-cool dwarf star

2 May 2016 Astronomy Now

Astronomers have discovered three planets orbiting an ultra-cool dwarf star just 40 light-years from Earth. These worlds have sizes and temperatures similar to those of Venus and Earth and are the best targets found so far for the search for life outside the solar system. They are the first planets ever discovered around such a tiny and dim star.

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  • Researchers spot whirlwind marking possible exoplanet in the making

    21 January 2021
  • NASA InSight’s ‘Mole’ no longer digging the red planet

    14 January 2021
  • Most distant quasar – and youngest supermassive black hole – identified

    13 January 2021
  • Researchers find strong hints of background ‘sea’ of gravity waves

    12 January 2021
  • Review board recommends extending Juno and Insight missions

    8 January 2021
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