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"Cosmic Immigrants": Daytime Star Seen In 1604 May Be An "Alien Type Ia Supernova"Kepler's supernova

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"Cosmic Immigrants": Daytime Star Seen In 1604 May Be An "Alien Type Ia Supernova"Kepler's supernova
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"Cosmic Immigrants": Daytime Star Seen In 1604 May Be An "Alien Type Ia Supernova"

clock-iconJuly 10, 2025
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Incredible Supernova Finding Shows That “Double-Detonation Mechanism” Happens In Naturetwo concentric rings one orange and one blue are visible in this image. The background is balck with many stars.

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Incredible Supernova Finding Shows That “Double-Detonation Mechanism” Happens In Naturetwo concentric rings one orange and one blue are visible in this image. The background is balck with many stars.
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Incredible Supernova Finding Shows That “Double-Detonation Mechanism” Happens In Nature

clock-iconJuly 2, 2025
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Gaia18cdj: The Biggest Explosion Event Since The Big Bang Seen By AstronomersExtreme nuclear transient (ENT) artist impression.

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Gaia18cdj: The Biggest Explosion Event Since The Big Bang Seen By AstronomersExtreme nuclear transient (ENT) artist impression.
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Gaia18cdj: The Biggest Explosion Event Since The Big Bang Seen By Astronomers

clock-iconJune 5, 2025
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The Aftermath Of Supernovae Might Hide The Universe's Most Powerful Particle Acceleratorswispy filaments are stretch toward a centrail empty region which is bathed in a diffuse glow.

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The Aftermath Of Supernovae Might Hide The Universe's Most Powerful Particle Acceleratorswispy filaments are stretch toward a centrail empty region which is bathed in a diffuse glow.
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The Aftermath Of Supernovae Might Hide The Universe's Most Powerful Particle Accelerators

clock-iconMay 27, 2025
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Supernovae Blamed For 2 Of Earth’s Mass Extinctions, The Devonian And OrdovicianAfter the most recent supernova visible to the naked eye, the only consequence for Earth is this distant remnant, but something similar 2,000 times closer could have caused a mass extinction.

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Supernovae Blamed For 2 Of Earth’s Mass Extinctions, The Devonian And OrdovicianAfter the most recent supernova visible to the naked eye, the only consequence for Earth is this distant remnant, but something similar 2,000 times closer could have caused a mass extinction.
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Supernovae Blamed For 2 Of Earth’s Mass Extinctions, The Devonian And Ordovician

clock-iconMarch 17, 2025
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What Happens If A Star Explodes Near Earth?The remnant of Kepler's Supernova, the most recent known supernova in the galaxy. At 20,000 light years away there were no negative consequences for us.

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What Happens If A Star Explodes Near Earth?The remnant of Kepler's Supernova, the most recent known supernova in the galaxy. At 20,000 light years away there were no negative consequences for us.
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What Happens If A Star Explodes Near Earth?

clock-iconDecember 6, 2024
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Disappearing Star Might Be Extragalactic Failed Supernova From AndromedaA nice picture of the andromeda galaxy. It look disk-like with swirling dark clouds. It is slightly slanted compared to the field of view.

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Disappearing Star Might Be Extragalactic Failed Supernova From AndromedaA nice picture of the andromeda galaxy. It look disk-like with swirling dark clouds. It is slightly slanted compared to the field of view.
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Disappearing Star Might Be Extragalactic Failed Supernova From Andromeda

clock-iconNovember 8, 2024
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Formerly Lost Zombie Star Supernova Is A Dandelion Glory In This 3D Reconstructionfuzzy streaks are seen pointing outwards from a spherical shell, like framents exploding away from an explosion in this reconstrcution.

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Formerly Lost Zombie Star Supernova Is A Dandelion Glory In This 3D Reconstructionfuzzy streaks are seen pointing outwards from a spherical shell, like framents exploding away from an explosion in this reconstrcution.
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Formerly Lost Zombie Star Supernova Is A Dandelion Glory In This 3D Reconstruction

clock-iconOctober 28, 2024
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Iron-60 Is Not Of This World, So Where Is It From?The jellyfish nebula (IC_443) is one of the more nearby supernova remnants, from a star believed to have exploded 30,000 years ago, but a much closer example millions of years ago may have left Earth with an iron-60 legacy

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Iron-60 Is Not Of This World, So Where Is It From?The jellyfish nebula (IC_443) is one of the more nearby supernova remnants, from a star believed to have exploded 30,000 years ago, but a much closer example millions of years ago may have left Earth with an iron-60 legacy
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Iron-60 Is Not Of This World, So Where Is It From?

clock-iconOctober 21, 2024
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Hundreds Of Stars Gone Missing? This Could Be WhyM4 Globular Cluster

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Hundreds Of Stars Gone Missing? This Could Be WhyM4 Globular Cluster
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Hundreds Of Stars Gone Missing? This Could Be Why

clock-iconSeptember 23, 2024
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Iron At 10 Billion Degrees Seen Around Supernova In New Telescope's First Discoveryat the center of the image there is a black sphere: the black hole. Around it there is a thin swirling disk, the accretion disk. Just further out a tumultuous thicker disk is shown. and surrounding everything a thick cloudy donut.

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Iron At 10 Billion Degrees Seen Around Supernova In New Telescope's First Discoveryat the center of the image there is a black sphere: the black hole. Around it there is a thin swirling disk, the accretion disk. Just further out a tumultuous thicker disk is shown. and surrounding everything a thick cloudy donut.
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Iron At 10 Billion Degrees Seen Around Supernova In New Telescope's First Discovery

clock-iconSeptember 23, 2024
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Betelgeuse May Not Be On The Edge Of Supernova. It Might Just Have A BuddyBetelgeuse.

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Betelgeuse May Not Be On The Edge Of Supernova. It Might Just Have A BuddyBetelgeuse.
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Betelgeuse May Not Be On The Edge Of Supernova. It Might Just Have A Buddy

clock-iconSeptember 2, 2024
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Hundreds Of Stars Have Vanished Without A Trace. A New Study Could Explain WhyA region of space obscured by a dust cloud, making it appear that there are no stars.

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Hundreds Of Stars Have Vanished Without A Trace. A New Study Could Explain WhyA region of space obscured by a dust cloud, making it appear that there are no stars.
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Hundreds Of Stars Have Vanished Without A Trace. A New Study Could Explain Why

clock-iconMay 23, 2024
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What Will Be The Last Living Thing On Earth?Apocalypse survivor concept, Ruins of a city. Apocalyptic landscape 3d render , 3d illustration concept

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What Will Be The Last Living Thing On Earth?Apocalypse survivor concept, Ruins of a city. Apocalyptic landscape 3d render , 3d illustration concept
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What Will Be The Last Living Thing On Earth?

clock-iconMay 9, 2024
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Nearby Supernova Was Surprisingly Lacking In Cosmic Rays, Throwing Doubts On TheoriesThe Pinwheel Galaxy with the supernova SN 2023ixf in the spiral arm circled

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Nearby Supernova Was Surprisingly Lacking In Cosmic Rays, Throwing Doubts On TheoriesThe Pinwheel Galaxy with the supernova SN 2023ixf in the spiral arm circled
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Nearby Supernova Was Surprisingly Lacking In Cosmic Rays, Throwing Doubts On Theories

clock-iconApril 18, 2024
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