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  "id": 17083884,
  "title": "Grand Theft Astro: Stars' criminal histories could reshape estimates of their internal magnetic fields",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/grand-theft-astro-stars-criminal-histories-could-reshape-estimates-of",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-29T15:20:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-10-grand-theft-astro-stars-criminal.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Magnetic fields exist in many stars, including the sun. Yet they remain too poorly understood to be reliably included in stellar evolution models, limiting their accuracy. Now, a new study by researchers at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA), published in Astronomy & Astrophysics, shows why a star's \"criminal\" evolutionary history may be crucial for correctly interpreting its…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}