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Scientists identify origin of the ‘BOAT’ — the brightest cosmic blast of all time
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Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), scientists have finally solved the mysterious origins of the “BOAT,” possibly the biggest cosmic explosion ...
Why are some supermassive black hole jets so short? Astronomers may have cracked the case
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A new investigation into a rare and short-lived type of galaxy has revealed that such objects harbor slumbering supermassive black holes that ...
‘Vampire’ neutron star blasts are related to jets traveling at near-light speeds
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A neutron star is the remains of a massive star that once died in a supernova explosion. As a whole, neutron stars ...
Stellar explosion will create a ‘new star’ in the night sky
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Scientists may finally know why this infamous supernova wears a ‘string of pearls’
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Scientists may have discovered how a supernova that sits relatively close to Earth came to be adorned by a remarkable “string of ...
Scientists identify neutron star born out of supernova seen in 1987
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By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) – When a star up to 20 times the mass of our sun exploded in a nearby ...
‘Barbenheimer Star’ that blew up 13 billion years ago defies explanation, baffling scientists
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Scientists have discovered evidence of a massive star from the early universe that does not fit with our current understanding of the ...
A bizarre speed-demon star has winds powering a cloud of gas called ‘Potaroo’
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Astronomers have discovered a new rapidly spinning star that races through the universe at millions of miles per hour and spins 14 ...
Planet-forming disk spotted around star in another galaxy for the first time
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Webb telescope image captures ghostly glow of the Crab Nebula
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