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What is the origin of the letters used in star classification?

What is the origin of the letters used in star classification? Why didn't astronomers use ABCD? J. HaldimanChicago, Illinois ...
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Why are there so many different types of stars?

Stellar size and class diversification originates from the initial mass of the molecular cloud from which stars form. The elemental composition of the molecular cloud, specifically the abundance of ...

To understand exoplanet habitability, we need a better understanding of stellar flaring

One of the main questions in exoplanet science concerns M dwarfs (red dwarfs) and the habitability of exoplanets that orbit ...
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Hubble Has Discovered a Mysterious Star in the Milky Way, Dubbed the ‘Blue Lurker’, That’s Defying Stellar Evolution

In 2025, one might assume that all types of stars in the Milky Way have been cataloged, yet the universe continues to surprise us. In 1953, American astronomer Alan Sandage revolutionized our ...