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New Model Can Measure The Mass Of Pulsars Even If They Are All Alone
Space Photo credit: An illustration of a pulsar emitting bursts of radiation. NASA. Measuring the mass of stars, planets and moons in the universe usually relies on studying how their motion relates to...
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Traces Found Of Ancient Nearby Supernova
Space Photo credit: Two million years ago, a supernova is thought to have exploded, leaving a remnant like the one above that should have been easily visible with the naked eye for tens of thousands of...
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NASA Release Six Incredible Images From Their Chandra Archives
Space Photo credit: Chandra X-ray Observatory awaiting deployment from the Space Shuttle Columbia. NASA In celebration of American Archive Month, NASA has released six mind-blowing images from the...
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Rare Double Star System Seen In Final Death Throes Before It Explodes
Space Photo credit: They are so close their surfaces are touching. ESO/VLT. An incredible stellar system has been found where two stars are so close that their surfaces are overlapping. It is the...
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Scientists Reveal How Gold Hitches A Ride Up To The Earth's Crust
Chemistry Photo credit: optimarc/Shutterstock Gold is one of the most important metals to humanity, primarily for the economic value we place on it: Unlike most metals, which are used for a variety of...
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Molecular Clock Needs To Take Supernovae Into Account, Claims Researcher
Environment Photo credit: Tick tock. Andrey Armyagov/Shutterstock Not all clocks measure time in hours, minutes and seconds. The molecular clock is one such timepiece; it uses the random mutations in...
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Where Do Fast Radio Bursts Come From?
Space Photo credit: This is an artist's impression of a Fast Radio Burst (FRB) reaching Earth. The colors represent the burst arriving at different times. This delay is called dispersion and occurs...
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The Jellyfish Nebula's Supernova Origin Has Been Found
Space Photo credit: X-ray image of a pulsar within the Jellyfish Nebula. NASA/Chandra/JPL There’s no smoke without a fire, and there’s no supernova remnant without some evidence of a past supernova...
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A Supernova Just Appeared In The Night Sky
Space Photo credit: This image shows the appearance of the Refsdal Supernova. The middle circle shows the location where the reappearing supernova was seen. NASA/ESA/HS It is very difficult to know...
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Scientists Find Most Powerful Known Supernova
Space Photo credit: An artist's impression of what ASASSN-15lh would look like from a planet 10,000 light-years from the event. Beijing Planetarium/Jin Ma Details have been released of the most...
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The Curious Case Of The Supernova Imposter
Space Photo credit: The nearby galaxy NGC300 hosts a remarkable pair, a neutron star and a supernova imposter, orbiting each other. NASA/JPL-Caltech/OCIW The strange behavior of a star that briefly...
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How Bright Can A Supernova Be?
Space Photo credit: AstroStar/Shutterstock Several months ago, a suspected supernova was discovered that had scientists scratching their heads. If confirmed as a supernova, ASASSN-15lh would be twice...
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Supernova's Shockwave Detected For The First Time
Space Photo credit: Artist's impression of the supernova KSN2011a just as it's about to explode. NASA For the first time, astronomers have detected the shockwave of a giant star as it becomes a...
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Supernova Burning Its Nearby Companion Star Observed By Astronomers For The...
Space Photo credit: The blue light here is coming from supernova 2012cg, which is burning its nearby companion star. Peter Challis/Harvard-Smithsonian CfA A burst of energy from the depths of the...
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This Incredible Map Shows Every Single Known Bright Object In Deep Space
Space Photo credit: One version of the all-sky survey. Each spot is a different, energetic object in deep space. Boller et al./Astronomy & Astrophysics Astronomers are always on the hunt for bright...
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Youngest Supernova In Milky Way Created By Catastrophic Collision Of Two...
Space Photo credit: G1.9+0.3, the youngest supernova in the Milky Way. NASA/CXC/NCSU/K. Borkowski et al Supernovae are some of the brightest objects in the night sky. They are the self-destruction of...
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Supernovae May Have Sparked Ancient Cooling on Earth
Space Photo credit: The Crab Nebula, a remnant of a recent supernova, was 10 times too far away to sprinkle the Earth with radioactive iron, but millions of years ago there were much closer events....
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A Recent Supernova Was As Bright As One Hundred Million Suns
Space Photo credit: Galaxy M74, where the incredible supernova has been observed. HST/NASA/ESA In a faraway galaxy, astronomers have spotted a spectacular stellar explosion that dwarfs the average...
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Some Stars Are Dying Puzzlingly Young
Space Photo credit: Messier 4 or M4 is among the closest globular clusters, but something odd is happening to sodium-rich stars there. ESA If you are distressed by the death of stars like Prince or...
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