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Astronomers have captured the death of a massive star from its first faint flash of X-rays, revealing an unusual supernova.
"These are among the best moments in science: seeing something new, unexpected."
Imagine if Star Wars' Tatooine twin suns went supernova. Scientists may have just found that in our universe.
The Dark Energy Camera has captured a vibrant view of the Corona Australis Molecular Cloud, with the star-forming region resembling a cosmic take on Van Gogh's The Starry Night.
"Nearby isolated white dwarfs are usually easy to find, but we couldn't see these four stars directly."
Scientists have directly measured the magnetic field surrounding the speedy neutron star for the first time.
The universe is haunted by "cosmic ghosts" called neutrinos, which seem to be the "whispers" of stars that died in supernova explosions over the course of billions of years.
When some stars die, they do not do so alone, potentially solving a long-standing mystery around a particular class of cosmic explosion called an interacting supernova.
