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binary system of a red giant star
Space

Blue supergiant stars can be formed by the merger of two stars

Amit Malewar

Strong evidence that most blue supergiants may have formed from the merger of two stars.

Nube galaxy
Space

Almost invisible dwarf galaxy challenges the dark matter model

Amit Malewar

The largest and most diffuse galaxy known.

compact radio jet in the center of the Teacup galaxy
Space

Discovery of bubble-blowing relativistic jets at the center of the Teacup galaxy

Amit Malewar

Study reveals a process that explains the peculiar morphology of the central region of the Teacup galaxy.

two Earth-mass planets
Space

Two potentially habitable exo-Earths discovered around a star near the Sun

Amit Malewar

With these two, we now know 7 in planetary systems quite near to the Sun.

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