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1 day ago
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NASA's JWST Spots Most Ancient Supernova Ever Observed

James Webb observed a supernova from 730 million years after the Big Bang, a gamma-ray-burst-producing explosion that closely resembles modern supernovae.
fromEngadget
1 day ago
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The Webb telescope spots a supernova from 13 billion years ago

A 13-billion-year-old supernova and its host galaxy were observed, showing early-Universe explosions resemble modern supernovae.
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fromFuturism
1 month ago

Scientists Intrigued by Black Hole That Fell Into Star, Then Ate It From the Inside

But this new one, dubbed GRB 250702B, blows everything we know about these fearsome blasts out the water. For starters, it lasted a staggering seven hours, which is vastly longer than they typically do. And it also appeared to repeat several times over its run, which shouldn't be possible. A GRB is produced by the total obliteration of a star, so how could the same source emit multiple blasts?
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fromFuturism
2 months ago

Scientists Say They Can't Explain the Signal They Just Detected From Beyond Our Galaxy

"This event is unlike any other seen in 50-years of GRB observations,"
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