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There's A Good Chance You're Wearing Something Far Older Than The Sun, And Forged In A Stupidly Powerful EventA neutron star cracking and flaring. Blue jets shoot out of a thick, white/pink crust.

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There's A Good Chance You're Wearing Something Far Older Than The Sun, And Forged In A Stupidly Powerful EventA neutron star cracking and flaring. Blue jets shoot out of a thick, white/pink crust.
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There's A Good Chance You're Wearing Something Far Older Than The Sun, And Forged In A Stupidly Powerful Event

clock-iconAugust 3, 2026

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Polarized Light: What It Is And Why It Is So Important To AstronomersThe polarization produced by interstellar dust is how we know the Milky Way Galaxy, and others like M81 shown here, carry a galaxy-wide magnetic field

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Polarized Light: What It Is And Why It Is So Important To AstronomersThe polarization produced by interstellar dust is how we know the Milky Way Galaxy, and others like M81 shown here, carry a galaxy-wide magnetic field
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Polarized Light: What It Is And Why It Is So Important To Astronomers

clock-iconJuly 20, 2026
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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

clock-iconJuly 1, 2026

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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

clock-iconAugust 26, 2025
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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

clock-iconAugust 12, 2025
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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

clock-iconJune 25, 2025
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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

clock-iconJune 2, 2025
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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

clock-iconMay 28, 2025
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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

clock-iconMay 1, 2025
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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

clock-iconMay 30, 2024
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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

clock-iconApril 24, 2024
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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

clock-iconOctober 25, 2022
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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

clock-iconJuly 14, 2021

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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

clock-iconJune 2, 2021
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