astronomer

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If astronomers can confirm the object and precisely measure the timing of its pulses, it could create a rare opportunity to test General Relativity under extreme conditions.

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An international group of astronomers has identified a faraway planetary system that calls into question one of the most widely accepted ideas about how planets take shape.

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Because it is in such an early phase, the Egg Nebula offers astronomers a valuable chance to study what happens as Sun-like stars approach the end of their lives.

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The astronomer also said the star identified was slightly smaller than one scientists would "nominally expect to turn into a black hole."

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To move from "candidate" to "confirmed," astronomers must detect repeated transits.

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