Hubble Discovers White Dwarf Merger Remnant with Unusual Carbon Signature

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August 22, 2025

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An international team of astronomers has discovered WD 0525+526, an unusual white dwarf about 128 light-years away, using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. Unlike typical white dwarfs, this star formed through a stellar merger and shows an unexpectedly high carbon content. With a mass of 1.2 Suns and a scorching surface temperature of 21,000 K, the discovery suggests t…

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NASA’s James Webb Telescope May Have Found First Black Hole Star, Known as ‘The Cliff’

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September 25, 2025

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JWST detected “The Cliff,” a candidate black hole star with a black hole core wrapped in a luminous gas shell. This discovery offers insights into black hole formation, stellar evolution, and cosmic dynamics, prompting astronomers to search for similar objects across the universe.

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Tiny Red Dots Spotted By NASA’s James Webb Telescope Could Be Black Hole Stars

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September 25, 2025

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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope revealed mysterious “little red dots” that seem too bright and mature for their age. A new study suggests they may be black hole stars—giant hydrogen spheres powered by black holes—helping explain the rapid growth of early supermassive black holes.

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Blue Origin to Land NASA’s VIPER Rover on the Moon’s South Pole in 2027

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September 25, 2025

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NASA chose Blue Origin to deliver the VIPER rover to the Moon’s South Pole by late 2027 under a $190 million CLPS contract. VIPER will explore permanently shadowed craters for water ice, a key resource for Artemis goals and sustainable human exploration on the lunar surface.