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UK students compete in China at 12th International Olympiad on Astronomy and As…

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The UK team returned this week from the 10-day long 12th International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics (IOAA) in Beijing, having won 2 Silver medals and 2 Honourable Mentions. Started in 2006, the International Olympiad on Astronomy and...

Gravitational waves from a merged hyper-massive neutron star

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For the first time astronomers have detected gravitational waves from a merged, hyper-massive neutron star. The scientists, Maurice van Putten of Sejong University in South Korea, and Massimo della Valle of the Osservatorio Astronomico de…

Colour image of the white dwarf GALEXJ014636.8+323615 from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. Credit: Sloan Digital Sky Survey

Ultra-hot gas around remnants of Sun-like stars

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Solving a decades-old mystery, an international team of astronomers have discovered an extremely hot magnetosphere around a white dwarf, a remnant of a star like our Sun. The work was led by Dr Nicole Reindl, Research Fellow of the Royal Commission…