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Massive, volcano-like eruption may explain dead star's mysterious slowdown
Live Science via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA powerful eruption from a magnetar — a supermagnetized version of a stellar remnant known as a...
Black hole's powerful eruption creates a string of stellar jewelry
Space via Yahoo News· 3 months agoA powerful jet erupting from a distant supermassive black hole released 100,000 trillion times more...
“Old Smoker” and the “Squalling Newborns”: Strange new star type discovered hiding in the Milky Way
Salon via Yahoo News· 4 months agoObscured red giant star Philip Lucas/University of Hertfordshire After a decade spent monitoring the...
Huge energetic flare from magnetic neutron star detected
Reuters via AOL· 4 weeks agoMagnetars are among the universe's most extreme objects - a class of the compact stellar remnants called neutron stars that possess immensely strong magnetic fields. Once in a while, they produce ...
Astronomers discover strange new type of star hidden in the center of our galaxy
CNN via Yahoo News· 4 months agoAstronomers spotted a new type of aging giant red star that remains quiet for decades before...
For the First Time Ever, Scientists Witnessed a Star Devouring a Friggin' Planet
Popular Mechanics via Yahoo News· 12 months agoThis Is How the World Endsjohan63 - Getty Images In 5 billion years or so, the sun will expand into...
A 'new' star will light up the sky soon and you can see it for yourself
CBC via Yahoo News· 1 month agoStar light, star bright, will there be a new star tonight? That's the question astronomers are...
Giant gamma-ray flare from 'recently deceased' magnetar lights up Cigar Galaxy
Space via Yahoo News· 1 month agoAstronomers have discovered a flare erupting from a highly magnetic "dead star" outside the solar...
Hidden star discovery reveals 'old smokers' and 'screaming' newborns
Space via Yahoo News· 4 months agoWhile monitoring around a billion Milky Way stars over 10 years, astronomers discovered a new...
You can see a huge sunspot 7 times wider than Earth right now — but be careful!
Space via Yahoo News· 11 months agoAn orange/yelow image of the sun with a sunspot near the center. Seven scale-sized Earths are lined...