Starmap

The Application that helps you discover the stars.

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Mystery solved: A white dwarf vampire stealing matter from a companion star unleashes cosmic radio waves every 1.4 hours. One of the universe's strangest stellar duos finally revealed 📡

#ARScorpii #astronomy #space

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Nearly 2,500 young stars are still gorging themselves on gas and dust in LH 95. Hubble reveals these stellar infants take millions of years to grow up—far longer than expected. 🌌

#LH95 #astronomy #space

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A lava planet so hot its rock melts now reveals volcanic clouds in its hydrogen atmosphere. 55 Cancri e is nightmarishly extreme, yet Webb keeps finding surprises in how its hellscape works.

#55Cancri #astronomy #space

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A giant planet was hiding in plain sight within Beta Pictoris's famous dusty disk. Webb spotted it through molecular signatures in its atmosphere—opening a new door to finding elusive worlds 🔭

Aidan Gibbs et al, Astrophysical Journal Letters, 2026; 1006 (1)

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The Milky Way harbors a hidden particle accelerator that smashes protons to over one quadrillion electron volts. Meet LHAASO J1912+1014u, a cosmic engine finally revealed by astronomers searching for the source of the galaxy's most extreme…

Astrophysical Journal, 2026; 1006 (1)

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A distant Sun-like star has devoured a planet, leaving behind a ghostly calling card: unusually high lithium in its atmosphere. A brown dwarf companion may have triggered the deadly plunge. 🌟

Brooke Kotten et al, Astrophysical Journal, 2026; 1004 (2)

#TOI5882 #astronomy #space

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First confirmed atmosphere on a rocky world in the habitable zone! LHS 1140 b, just 48 light-years away, is shedding helium—and might have preserved its air for billions of years. A prime candidate in the hunt for habitable worlds 🌍

#LHS1140 #astronomy #space

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A dying star's violent explosion stripped away its outer layers and exposed its deepest secrets. SN 2021yfj gave astronomers a rare look at stellar material normally hidden forever, confirming how stars forge the elements that build worlds. 🌟

Nature, 2025; 644 (8077)

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Breaking: astronomers just witnessed a magnetar burst into existence inside a supernova! This discovery confirms these hyper-magnetic neutron stars power some of the universe's brightest explosions. A cosmic birth right before our eyes 🌟

Nature, 2026; 651 (8105)

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K2-18b just got the most intense alien signal scan ever attempted—and scientists developed game-changing tech that'll revolutionize SETI. No signals found, but the hunt just got way smarter 🛰️

Astronomical Journal, 2026; 171 (4)

https://t.co/mAm03NlYV8

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A supermassive black hole caught red-handed feeding. JWST reveals gas spiraling around NGC 4696's core at 600 km/s, with evidence the black hole recycles its own fuel in a cosmic cycle.

Astrophysical Journal Letters, 2026; 1006 (1)

https://t.co/T5T2StTxf8

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A Cheat Sheet for Starmap is now available at https://t.co/KfZHtNLQ9D

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Search arrows have been added behind items lists in the catalogue. No need to go through the detailed descriptions of objects.

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The latest version of Starmap (1.17) has now a more straightforward search function. Go under the horizon by forcing the horizon up.

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Starmap 2.15.2 just released. Simplified interface for better usability. Better search arrow.

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Starmap/900 Million stars: users are welcome to give their feedback. Is the download time ok ? More info on https://t.co/lBXaGExy6p

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Starmap 1.14 with 900 Million stars is now available for download. https://t.co/oyxkCpX31X Previous version had "only" 3 Million.

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Starmap 1.14 with 900 Million star posted to the AppStore for verification. Available in a few days. More on https://t.co/lBXaGExy6p