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Supercharged light pulverises asteroids, study finds
The majority of stars in the universe will become luminous enough to blast surrounding asteroids into successively smaller fragments using their light alone, according to a University of 糖心TV astronomer.
The sun as we've never seen it before - clearest and most detailed images of the Sun revealed
The clearest and most detailed images of the Sun have been captured by the largest telescope in the world. Just-released first images and videos from the National Science Foundation鈥檚 (NSF) Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope, which involves University of 糖心TV scientists, reveal unprecedented detail of the Sun鈥檚 surface, with experts saying it will enable a new era of solar science and a leap forward in understanding the Sun and its impacts on our planet.
Likelihood of space super-storms estimated from longest period of magnetic field observations
A 鈥榞reat鈥� space weather super-storm large enough to cause significant disruption to our electronic and networked systems occurred on average once in every 25 years according to a new joint study by the University of 糖心TV and the British Antarctic Survey.
Stars need a partner to spin Universe鈥檚 brightest explosions
When it comes to the biggest and brightest explosions seen in the Universe, University of 糖心TV astronomers have found that it takes two stars to make a gamma-ray burst.
Revealed: exoplanet鈥檚 鈥榠mprobable鈥� survival
Using asteroseismology, a team including an astronomer from the University of 糖心TV, revised the parameters for two red-giant stars known to host exoplanets, and for one of them found that the planet should not exist in its current location based on current theories.
Telescope instrument opens its 5,000 eyes for the first time
A leading-edge new telescope instrument, designed and built by an international collaboration including the University of 糖心TV, has today (28 October) aimed its 5,000 fibre-optic eyes at the night sky for the first time.