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Incredibly Bright Supernova Could Provide A Window On The Universe's Earliest Stellar Explosionsartist's impression of a supernova forming a neutron star

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Incredibly Bright Supernova Could Provide A Window On The Universe's Earliest Stellar Explosionsartist's impression of a supernova forming a neutron star
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Incredibly Bright Supernova Could Provide A Window On The Universe's Earliest Stellar Explosions

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First Direct Evidence Of Magnetar Formation From A Superluminous Supernovaa bright object releasing a vertical jet, is surrunded by a slanted disk of gas.

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First Direct Evidence Of Magnetar Formation From A Superluminous Supernovaa bright object releasing a vertical jet, is surrunded by a slanted disk of gas.
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First Direct Evidence Of Magnetar Formation From A Superluminous Supernova

clock-iconMarch 12, 2026

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The "Wow!" Signal Was Likely From An Extraterrestrial Source, And More Powerful Than We ThoughtRadio telescopes pointed at the sky.

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The "Wow!" Signal Was Likely From An Extraterrestrial Source, And More Powerful Than We ThoughtRadio telescopes pointed at the sky.
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The "Wow!" Signal Was Likely From An Extraterrestrial Source, And More Powerful Than We Thought

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Mysterious New Cosmic Source Is Up To 100 Times Brighter Than Almost All Supernova RemnantsThe galaxy is a spiral almost edge on, an inset shows the dust rich center with two tendrils stretching out of the very core.

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Mysterious New Cosmic Source Is Up To 100 Times Brighter Than Almost All Supernova RemnantsThe galaxy is a spiral almost edge on, an inset shows the dust rich center with two tendrils stretching out of the very core.
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Mysterious New Cosmic Source Is Up To 100 Times Brighter Than Almost All Supernova Remnants

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Dead Pulsars Are Emitting Radio Waves. Massive "Mountains" Measuring 1 Centimeter Tall Could Be To BlameArtist impression of a pulsar.

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Dead Pulsars Are Emitting Radio Waves. Massive "Mountains" Measuring 1 Centimeter Tall Could Be To BlameArtist impression of a pulsar.
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Dead Pulsars Are Emitting Radio Waves. Massive "Mountains" Measuring 1 Centimeter Tall Could Be To Blame

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"Unlike Anything We Have Seen Before": Repeating Signal From Deep In Galactic Plane Puzzles AstronomersASKAP J1832 0911 object

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"Unlike Anything We Have Seen Before": Repeating Signal From Deep In Galactic Plane Puzzles AstronomersASKAP J1832 0911 object
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"Unlike Anything We Have Seen Before": Repeating Signal From Deep In Galactic Plane Puzzles Astronomers

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Newly Discovered Repeating Radio Source Is First To Be Seen In X-Rays TooThe location of ASKAP J1832-0911, the first long period radio transient also detected in X-rays makes it hard to find the source with so much around it.

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Newly Discovered Repeating Radio Source Is First To Be Seen In X-Rays TooThe location of ASKAP J1832-0911, the first long period radio transient also detected in X-rays makes it hard to find the source with so much around it.
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Newly Discovered Repeating Radio Source Is First To Be Seen In X-Rays Too

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20-Year-Old "Forgotten" NASA Data May Solve Mystery Of Where The Universe's Gold Came FromMagnetar losing material to space (artist concept).

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20-Year-Old "Forgotten" NASA Data May Solve Mystery Of Where The Universe's Gold Came FromMagnetar losing material to space (artist concept).
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20-Year-Old "Forgotten" NASA Data May Solve Mystery Of Where The Universe's Gold Came From

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Massive Magnetic Stars Detected Outside The Milky Way For The First TimeNGC346 is the most massive star-forming region in the Small Magellanic Cloud. The low metal content in the small galaxy provides insight into conditions earlier in the universe's evolution.

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Massive Magnetic Stars Detected Outside The Milky Way For The First TimeNGC346 is the most massive star-forming region in the Small Magellanic Cloud. The low metal content in the small galaxy provides insight into conditions earlier in the universe's evolution.
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Massive Magnetic Stars Detected Outside The Milky Way For The First Time

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Flash Of Gamma Rays In Nearby Galaxy Came From Stupendously Magnetic Dead StarA bright glowing sphere is seen surrounded by field lines in a bit of chaotic way

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Flash Of Gamma Rays In Nearby Galaxy Came From Stupendously Magnetic Dead StarA bright glowing sphere is seen surrounded by field lines in a bit of chaotic way
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Flash Of Gamma Rays In Nearby Galaxy Came From Stupendously Magnetic Dead Star

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Ancient Tree Rings Shed Light On Mysterious Once-Every-1,000 Years Radiation StormsMiyake events reprsent immense spikes in carbon-14 production, possibly but not necessarily from solar storms. The radioactive carbon gets incorporated into tree rings, which is how we know about it

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Ancient Tree Rings Shed Light On Mysterious Once-Every-1,000 Years Radiation StormsMiyake events reprsent immense spikes in carbon-14 production, possibly but not necessarily from solar storms. The radioactive carbon gets incorporated into tree rings, which is how we know about it
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Ancient Tree Rings Shed Light On Mysterious Once-Every-1,000 Years Radiation Storms

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Astronomers Accurately Predict Timing Of Gamma-Ray Bursts From A Magnetararticle image

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Astronomers Accurately Predict Timing Of Gamma-Ray Bursts From A Magnetararticle image
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Astronomers Accurately Predict Timing Of Gamma-Ray Bursts From A Magnetar

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The Closest Extragalactic Fast Radio Burst Yet Comes From A Surprising Locationarticle image

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The Closest Extragalactic Fast Radio Burst Yet Comes From A Surprising Locationarticle image
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The Closest Extragalactic Fast Radio Burst Yet Comes From A Surprising Location

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Magnetar Storm Reveals Evidence of Starquakesarticle image

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Magnetar Storm Reveals Evidence of Starquakesarticle image
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Magnetar Storm Reveals Evidence of Starquakes

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