Astronomers have detected strange "wobbles" in the light curve of a super bright supernova, hinting that a magnetar was born inside the extreme stellar explosion.
A Northwestern University-led team of astronomers used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to discover a former star that exploded millions of years ago. The star, which was in a nearby galaxy, exploded ...
Astronomers have for the first time seen the birth of a magnetar—a highly magnetized, spinning neutron star—and confirmed that it's the power source behind some of the brightest exploding stars in the ...
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Astrophysicists found an abundance of odd elements essential for life in the leftovers of an exploded star
Within the rubble of an exploded star, astrophysicists have found unexpectedly high amounts of two ingredients essential for life: chlorine and potassium. The discovery could help explain where these ...
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