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New Campaign Is Asking Every Country On Earth To Name Distant Worlds
A new campaign headed by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) called IAU100 NameExoWorlds will allow each country in the world to name a star and its exoplanet, the IAU announced this week.
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New Star Map Reveals The Milky Way Is Warped
A new analysis of pulsing stars has revealed the Milky Way’s twisted shape.
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This ‘Born-Again’ Nebula Appears To Be Inside Out
When some stars get old they eject gas and dust, forming a cloud of electrically-charged material in space called a planetary nebula. These nebulae all tend to have the same layered structure, but a team of scientists recently spotted a kind of planetary nebula that looks to be inside out.
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People Can’t Find The Stars They Paid To Name And They’re Calling Astronomers For Tech Support
Professional astronomers are busy people. Some are mapping distant galaxies, others are listening for aliens and more still are searching for habitable planets — which, it seems, we might one day need. But on occasion, they’re also called upon to do something that shouldn’t require a PhD: find the stars that people have “purchased” online.