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NASA's Hubble Space Telescope Observations Resolve "One Of The Biggest Mysteries" About BetelgeuseBetelgeuse and companion star Siwarha (artist concept).

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NASA's Hubble Space Telescope Observations Resolve "One Of The Biggest Mysteries" About BetelgeuseBetelgeuse and companion star Siwarha (artist concept).
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NASA's Hubble Space Telescope Observations Resolve "One Of The Biggest Mysteries" About Betelgeuse

clock-iconJanuary 6, 2026
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Earliest Detailed Observations Of A Star Exploding Show True Shape Of A Supernovathe artist's impression show a flat disk of material and at its center an explosion stretching above and below the disk in the shape of a rugby ball.

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Earliest Detailed Observations Of A Star Exploding Show True Shape Of A Supernovathe artist's impression show a flat disk of material and at its center an explosion stretching above and below the disk in the shape of a rugby ball.
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Earliest Detailed Observations Of A Star Exploding Show True Shape Of A Supernova

clock-iconNovember 18, 2025
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Poem From 1181 CE Cairo Appears To Reference A Rare Galactic SupernovaPa 30, thought to be the remnant of a the supernova of 1181.

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Poem From 1181 CE Cairo Appears To Reference A Rare Galactic SupernovaPa 30, thought to be the remnant of a the supernova of 1181.
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Poem From 1181 CE Cairo Appears To Reference A Rare Galactic Supernova

clock-iconOctober 16, 2025
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Water May Have Formed Soon After The Big Bang, Billions Of Years Earlier Than We ThoughtThe Crab Nebula, a supernova remnant in the constellation of Taurus.

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Water May Have Formed Soon After The Big Bang, Billions Of Years Earlier Than We ThoughtThe Crab Nebula, a supernova remnant in the constellation of Taurus.
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Water May Have Formed Soon After The Big Bang, Billions Of Years Earlier Than We Thought

clock-iconMarch 5, 2025
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Nearby Supernova May Have Caused An Ancient Surge In Viral Diversification In AfricaArtist's impression of the Earth and a supernova at the distance one team think could have caused a spike in iron-60, and a diversification in lake viruses

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Nearby Supernova May Have Caused An Ancient Surge In Viral Diversification In AfricaArtist's impression of the Earth and a supernova at the distance one team think could have caused a spike in iron-60, and a diversification in lake viruses
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Nearby Supernova May Have Caused An Ancient Surge In Viral Diversification In Africa

clock-iconFebruary 20, 2025
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Professor Of Physics Explains Why He Hates One Particular Star Trek SceneA Star Trek ship doing warp speed.

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Professor Of Physics Explains Why He Hates One Particular Star Trek SceneA Star Trek ship doing warp speed.
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Professor Of Physics Explains Why He Hates One Particular Star Trek Scene

clock-iconFebruary 12, 2025
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Encounter Between Sun And "Something Outside The Solar System" May Have Dramatically Cooled EarthA graphic showing the heliosphere around the Solar System.

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Encounter Between Sun And "Something Outside The Solar System" May Have Dramatically Cooled EarthA graphic showing the heliosphere around the Solar System.
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Encounter Between Sun And "Something Outside The Solar System" May Have Dramatically Cooled Earth

clock-iconJune 14, 2024
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“Barbenheimer Star” Loaded With Heavy Metals Is Unlike Anything Scientists Have Seen Or ExpectedJ0931+0038

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“Barbenheimer Star” Loaded With Heavy Metals Is Unlike Anything Scientists Have Seen Or ExpectedJ0931+0038
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“Barbenheimer Star” Loaded With Heavy Metals Is Unlike Anything Scientists Have Seen Or Expected

clock-iconJanuary 16, 2024
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Mystery Of Massive Star That Went Missing From The Kinman Dwarf GalaxyThe Kinman Dwarf galaxy.

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Mystery Of Massive Star That Went Missing From The Kinman Dwarf GalaxyThe Kinman Dwarf galaxy.
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Mystery Of Massive Star That Went Missing From The Kinman Dwarf Galaxy

clock-iconNovember 14, 2023
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First Supernova Ever Documented 1,800 Years Ago Now Captured In Stunning PhotoThe tattered shell of the first-ever recorded supernova is seen in red in this image

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First Supernova Ever Documented 1,800 Years Ago Now Captured In Stunning PhotoThe tattered shell of the first-ever recorded supernova is seen in red in this image
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First Supernova Ever Documented 1,800 Years Ago Now Captured In Stunning Photo

clock-iconMarch 2, 2023
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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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Supergiant Stars Wave Red Flags Months Before They Go SupernovaAn artist's impression of Betelgeuse at the moment it goes supernova, but the image could equally be any one of thousands of red supergiants in galaxies close enough for us to track their path to explode

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Supergiant Stars Wave Red Flags Months Before They Go SupernovaAn artist's impression of Betelgeuse at the moment it goes supernova, but the image could equally be any one of thousands of red supergiants in galaxies close enough for us to track their path to explode
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Supergiant Stars Wave Red Flags Months Before They Go Supernova

clock-iconOctober 14, 2022
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Rogue Supernova Might Have Exploded In The Space Between Galaxiesarticle image

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Rogue Supernova Might Have Exploded In The Space Between Galaxiesarticle image
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Rogue Supernova Might Have Exploded In The Space Between Galaxies

clock-iconApril 1, 2022
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Brightest X-Ray “Cow” Supernova Observed By Astronomersarticle image

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Brightest X-Ray “Cow” Supernova Observed By Astronomersarticle image
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Brightest X-Ray “Cow” Supernova Observed By Astronomers

clock-iconJanuary 11, 2022

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Supernova Shrapnel Piece Spotted Hurtling Out Of The Galaxy At 2 Million Miles An Hourarticle image

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Supernova Shrapnel Piece Spotted Hurtling Out Of The Galaxy At 2 Million Miles An Hourarticle image
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Supernova Shrapnel Piece Spotted Hurtling Out Of The Galaxy At 2 Million Miles An Hour

clock-iconAugust 4, 2021
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