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futurism.com
2 weeks ago
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Scientist Warns That NASA's Voyager Probes Are Dodging Bullets Out There

Voyager probes in interstellar space face risks from cosmic rays, causing communication issues with Earth. [ more ]
www.scientificamerican.com
5 months ago
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The Most Shocking Discovery in Astrophysics Is 25 Years Old

Astronomers in the 1990s tackled the question of the fate of the universe by studying supernovae
Two rival collaborations independently reached the conclusion about the slowing down of the universe's expansion [ more ]
Inverse
1 month ago
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If One of These Stars Explodes the Radioactive Atoms Could Decimate Life on Earth

Stars are relatively constant, varying only slightly in brightness over years
Supernovae, explosions of massive stars, are rare and typically remote events [ more ]
Mail Online
4 months ago
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Scientists uncover origin of universe's mysterious 'odd' radio circles

Giant radio circles in space are formed by outflowing winds from explosive events like supernovae.
The outflowing winds push surrounding gas outward, creating shells that make up the radio wave circles. [ more ]
Ars Technica
5 months ago
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"Tasmanian Devil" event has the power of hundreds of billions of Suns

LFBOTs are some of the brightest explosions ever seen in space, giving off more energy than hundreds of billions of stars like our own.
The LFBOT named AT2022tsd, also known as the 'Tasmanian Devil,' exhibited unusual behavior by flaring multiple times over the span of several months. [ more ]
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