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This artist's impression shows two Earth-sized worlds passing in front of their parent red dwarf star in the TRAPPIST-1 system 40 light-years away.
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Red dwarf stars detected 'eating' Earth-like planets

Astronomers have found some of the strongest evidence yet that stars can swallow their own planets. A new study, published in Monthly Notices of the Astronomical Society, supports the long-held belief that young stars are capable...
A split image showing an active Sun during solar maximum (on the left, taken in 2014) and a quiet Sun during solar minimum (on the right, taken in 2019).
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Listening to Sun’s 'heart' hints our star could be changing

Professor Dr Heike Rauer receives the 2026 Caroline Herschel Medal at a ceremony at the British Embassy in Berlin.
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2026 Caroline Herschel Medal presented to exoplanet scientist in Berlin

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Clockwise, from top left, Dr Olivia Keenan, Professor Peter Gallagher, Professor Jorick Vink, Dr Andy Nowacki, Dr Emma Woodfield and Professor David Alexander were all elected as councillors following the Royal Astronomical Society’s AGM on Friday 8 May. nset, Dr Sheona Urquhart, of The Open University, was re-elected as a Secretary for a five-year term.
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This artist's impression shows two Earth-sized worlds passing in front of their parent red dwarf star in the TRAPPIST-1 system 40 light-years away.
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Red dwarf stars detected 'eating' Earth-like planets
A split image showing an active Sun during solar maximum (on the left, taken in 2014) and a quiet Sun during solar minimum (on the right, taken in 2019).
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Listening to Sun’s 'heart' hints our star could be changing
Visual impressions of the COLIBRE simulations
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See and hear galaxies evolve from the dawn of the universe
An artist’s impression of the Milky Way, with two of its satellite galaxies – the Large Magellanic Cloud and the Small Magellanic Cloud – in the bottom left.
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Galactic warming: The ‘car engine-like’ effect heating our Milky Way
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