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hm-pollock
Aug 15, 20226 min read
Story 1: Supergiant stars
If you live in the Northern hemisphere, in winter there’s a very conspicuous part of the night sky which rises high above the horizon. It...
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hm-pollock
Aug 14, 20226 min read
Story 2: Zeus's thunderbolts
You probably know that the most powerful god in Greek mythology was Zeus. This story, together with the story about neutron stars, tell...
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hm-pollock
Aug 13, 20229 min read
Story 3: Neutron stars and their collisions - the tick-tick pulses
When there’s a clear night, see if you can find these three constellations, all next to each other, and not that far from the pole star:...
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hm-pollock
Aug 12, 20226 min read
Story 4: Pluto
This story first of all talks about a couple of constellations, named after two Greek gods which almost certainly you will have heard of:...
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hm-pollock
Aug 11, 20221 min read
Story 5: Birth, life and death of stars
Story 5: Birth, life and death of stars ( NOT YET FINALISED) To choose another story, first click on giantsandsupergiants.com/blog to see...
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hm-pollock
Aug 5, 202210 min read
Story 6: Double stars and twins
In our own solar system, we have only one sun. Not every star in the night sky shines there on its own: quite a lot of them are double, a...
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