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08/28/2020
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By Franz Walker
The Earth may be traveling through the debris of an ancient supernova explosion
The Earth is flying through a cloud of radioactive debris left behind by an ancient supernova explosion, according to a new report by scientists looking at our oceans. A team from the Australian National University (ANU) has made this conclusion after studying radioactive dust found at the bottom of our oceans. While this dust is in small enough […]
08/16/2020
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By Virgilio Marin
Mysterious dimming of Betelgeuse is caused by outburst from the star itself, study suggests
A hot outburst from supergiant Betelgeuse may have caused the star’s recent dimming, according to research conducted using the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)’s Hubble Space Telescope. From December last year to April 2020, scientists observed that Betelgeuse dimmed, sparking speculations that the supergiant is facing a very imminent end. Surprisingly, Betelgeuse began shining brightly […]
04/23/2020
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By Arsenio Toledo
Study suggests NASA satellite can be used to observe supernovas and understand why white dwarf stars explode
In April 2018, NASA launched the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), a space telescope with one goal in mind: to hunt for exoplanets (planets that are found beyond the Solar System). However, astronomers from the Ohio State University have suggested that TESS can also be used to observe supernovas. This may be able to give scientists a deeper […]
12/16/2019
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By Grace Olson
Proof that a dead star can be revived: These 2 white dwarf stars collided, were reanimated and will go supernova after thousands of years
Astronomers from Germany and Russia discovered a rare celestial event: They found a star that came back from the dead. The star was located in Cassiopeia, a constellation some 10,000 light-years from Earth. Even though it did not emit any visible light, it sent out strong infrared waves and solar winds. This piqued the researchers’ […]
10/10/2019
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By Edsel Cook
Earth could have been a hostile ocean planet if not for ancient supernova
Shortly after the birth of the sun, a nearby star came to a thermonuclear end. The stellar funeral pyre bathed the young solar system with large amounts of radioactive metals. Swiss researchers suggest that the heat from aluminum isotopes from this supernova evaporated the excess amounts of water on the young Earth, thereby keeping it from transforming into a lifeless, […]
08/17/2019
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By Rex Carter
Heavy elements in space – where did they come from?
An international team led by Goethe University in Germany has successfully converted xenon ions into the heavy element cesium. The results, which appeared in Physical Review Letters, was the first to replicate this phenomenon in a controlled environment. A matter of stardust Nucleosynthesis refers to the creation of atomic nuclei, or broadly defined, the elements. According to astrophysicists, […]
07/27/2019
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By Stephanie Diaz
Experts just found 83 MASSIVE black holes at the edge of the universe
Black holes are well-known massive cosmic events, but you don’t expect them to occur all that often. However, Japanese astronomers discovered a staggering 83 quasars powered by supermassive black holes in the early universe. This discovery is instrumental in understanding how common supermassive black holes were during the universe’s infancy. Supermassive black holes are found […]
02/28/2019
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By Edsel Cook
Stars making stars: Astronomers observe a star so big, it gave birth to its twin
The exciting birth of a newly discovered star turned out to be an even bigger find than expected. British researchers found that the newborn stellar body is accompanied by a much smaller star that formed from the leftover materials that created its mother. MM 1a is a huge protostar whose light takes more than 10,000 years to reach our […]
02/16/2019
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By Edsel Cook
Newly-found star system in our galaxy could produce a gamma ray burst, one of the brightest events in the universe
We now have proof that there is a star system within the Milky Way galaxy that can give off a gamma ray burst when it finally dies in a couple of hundred thousand years or so — even if we will not be around to witness it finally going off like the massive nuclear firecracker it is. These […]
12/02/2018
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By Edsel Cook
Strongest known material in the universe found in the crust of neutron stars
Deep beneath the surface of immensely dense neutron stars lie what is perhaps the strongest matter known to science. It also happens to be named after one of the most well-known and tasty foods in Italian cuisine, an article in Science Daily reported. This material is called “nuclear pasta.” Despite the name that combines radioactive horror […]
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