Astronomers May Have Spotted a Never-Before-Seen “Superkilonova” Hidden Inside a Supernova A double explosion may have generated both gravitational waves and light. When the largest stars exhaust their fuel, they end their lives in powerful supernova explosions. These blasts scatter heavy elements...

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Blinking 'Unicorn' Discovered in Space a One-of-a-Kind Object It's getting faster.

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5/8 European Space Agency's Gaia observatory tracked 21 hypervelocity stars at the Milky Way's edge. Three clearly originated from the Large Magellanic Cloud's direction—the smoking gun astronomers needed to prove a hidden black hole exists there.

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7/9 A second observation showed an even stronger signal of dimethyl sulfide, plus dimethyl disulfide. "It is a shock to the system," Madhusudhan said, noting they "spent an enormous amount of time just trying to get rid of the signal."
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3/8 With ever more powerful equipment, we're finding smaller and smaller orbital companions.

"Is something the size of a football stadium a moon? Sure!

But what about something the size of a car, a basketball or a grape?

What about a grain of dust?"
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Astronomers Trace Mysterious Milky Way Radio Pulses to Binary Star System 1,600 Light-Years Away | AI News Brew <p>Astronomers have identified the source of mysterious radio pulses emanating from within the Milky Way galaxy, tracing them to a unique binary star system located 1,600 light-years from Earth in the...

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200 Million-Star Tapestry: Hubble’s Astonishing New Portrait of Andromeda The Hubble Space Telescope has provided the most detailed survey of the Andromeda galaxy, revealing new clues about its evolutionary history and stark contrasts with the Milky Way. This research, spanning...

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