In a groundbreaking new study, experts were able to determine that even nova explosions can cause the release of high-energy gamma-rays. This type of emissions was previously thought to be reserved exclusively for supernova explosions, the death throes of massive stars several times more massive than the Sun. Now, us... |
13 August 2010
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Chinese astronomers have recently identified a new exoplanet, orbiting the peculiar binary star system known as QS Virginis. The thing about this giant planet is that it's about to be destroyed (and we use the word 'about' in its loosest form). The celestial body is orbiting two stars, rather than one,... |
21 December 2009
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While scouting the skies with her amateur telescope, 14-year-old New Yorker Caroline Moore discovered a new, junior-sized supernova, and thus became the youngest person in history ever to do so. The new celestial object, dubbed SN 2008ha, is also very peculiar, and may very well represent a new class of stellar explo... |
11 June 2009
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