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Supernova Death Blasts May Have Wiped Out Life on Earth – Twice
Researchers link two ancient mass extinctions to nearby supernova explosions, which may have damaged Earth's atmosphere and ...
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Gamma-ray bursts reveal largest structure in the universe is bigger and closer to Earth than we knew: 'The jury is still out on what it all means.'
The Milky Way, our home galaxy, is part of a different supercluster called Laniakea, which, at 500 million light-years wide, ...
Hubble tracks a roaming magnetar of unknown origin
Researchers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have discovered the magnetar called SGR 0501+4516 is traversing our galaxy ...
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Where did this extremely magnetic, dense and dead star come from? Scientists aren't quite sure
"Magnetar birth rates and formation scenarios are among the most pressing questions in high-energy astrophysics." ...
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Mysterious magnetar has unknown origins
Astronomers have tracked a mysterious magnetar, SGR 0501+4516, across the Milky Way, revealing it may not have formed in a ...
Runaway Star Might Explain Fast Radio Bursts
Highly magnetic neutron star is wandering our Milky Way galaxy. Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have tracked ...
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This Magnetar Formed Without a Supernova, Hubble Finds
A decade of observations cast doubt on the typical magnetar origin story, at least as it relates to SGR 0501+4516.
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This Magnetar Formed Without a Supernova, Hubble Finds
SGR 0501+4516 was likely associated with a supernova remnant called HB9—or ... and the white dwarf exploding, leaving nothing behind," Andrew Levan, an astronomer studying star death at Radboud ...
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Scientists detect record-setting explosion outside our galaxy
Researchers conducted the first-ever near-infrared analysis of an extragalactic recurrent nova and found it is one of the ...
Chandra releases new 3D models of cosmic objects
New three-dimensional (3D) models of objects in space have been released by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. These 3D models ...
The Trailblazer: A spinning neutron star is tied to a mysterious tail – or so it seems. Astronomers using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory found that this pulsar, know…
Pulsars are the remnants of giant stars that exploded in a supernova. Check out these 7 breathtaking images of pulsars ...
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This nearby double supernova is inevitable, here's the date... which will surprise you 💥
Just 150 light-years from Earth, a team of astronomers has identified an exceptional binary system. These two stars, ...