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Watch 2 gorgeous supernova remnants evolve over 20 years (timelapse video)
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When we picture what’s in deep space, we often think of static images — colorful composites of distant objects like nebulas and ...
Giant gamma-ray flare from ‘recently deceased’ magnetar lights up Cigar Galaxy
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Astronomers believe they have found a rare, massive flare that erupted from an extremely magnetic dead star, or magnetar, that was bright ...
One of the universe’s most ‘extreme’ dead stars just sprang back to life unexpectedly
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The universe’s most extreme stars just got a little bit more unexpected and mysterious. Scientists were astounded when they witnessed a “dead” ...
Mystery of Where Gold and Platinum Come From Deepens After Gargantuan Cosmic Explosion
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In October 2022, an extremely bright flash caught the attention of the Gemini South telescope in Chile. It was quickly determined to ...
Gravitational waves reveal 1st-of-its-kind merger between neutron star and mystery object
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Astronomers announced on April 5 that they may have detected a collision between a neutron star and a lightweight mystery object — ...
Ripples in Spacetime Reveal Mystery Object Colliding With a Star’s Corpse
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A leading gravitational wave observatory recently detected ripples in spacetime that scientists say came from the collision of a dead, superdense stellar ...
‘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 ...
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 ...
These supernovas are whipping up a storm, contributing to cosmic life and death
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Astronomers have discovered a hitherto unknown source of the cosmic dust. As to why this dust is important to track? Well, these ...
