A Green Star Discovery by Astronomers
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A Green Star Discovery by Astronomers

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 19, 202612 min
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Dan Lambeth, Associate Director of Science Education at the Australian National Centre for Public Awareness of Science, joined Philip Clark with the latest in science news.

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ABC Listen, podcasts, radio, news, music and more. Nightlife Science When you think of stars, you probably picture them as white, yellow or maybe a bit red. But what about a green star?

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Hmm? Astronomers have been amazed to find a star that glows a ghostly shade of green. Thought to have been caused by bits of planets that once orbited around it. And that's not all.

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Researchers have also spotted a star that looks salmon pink. What's going on out there? And how could these unusual colours tell us about... What could these unusual colours tell us about stars

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