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A Dying Star At The Heart Of The Helix Nebula May Have Destroyed A Planet — And It Was Captured By NASA Telescopes
A new image released by NASA shows what could be a captivating — and terrifying — event roughly 650 light-years away: a dying ...
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Jaw-dropping NASA image reveals a dying star at the heart of the Helix Nebula — and it may have just murdered a planet
A new view of the Helix Nebula reveals a dying white dwarf star at the nebula's center. This star's violent eating habits ...
Two Dead Stars Found Just 150 Light Years Away Will Explode 10x Brighter Than the Moon
A nearby cosmic ticking time bomb has been found! Just 150 light years away, a pair of white dwarf stars are on a death spiral, destined to explode in a type 1a supernova. This discovery confirms long ...
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Photon collisions in dying stars could create neutrons for heavy elements
In this environment, Mumpower’s team suggest that energetic photons in a jet collide with protons to create a neutron and a pion. Since these neutrons are have no electrical charge, many of them could ...
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Galaxies die earlier than expected: Webb sees signs of halted star formation 700 million years after Big Bang
An international team led by UNIGE shows that red and dead galaxies can be found only 700 million years after the Big Bang, ...
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Scientists find rare double-star spiral doomed for supernova explosion
"When I first spotted this system with a very high total mass on our galactic doorstep, I was immediately excited." A pair of rare, compact white dwarf stars that are set to collide in about 23 ...
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Dying stars, lost worlds: How supernovas may have caused Earth's deadliest mass extinctions
But Earth has faced at least five mass extinctions ... ago and another 445 million years ago—may have started with dying stars light-years away. Supernovas and Ice Ages A new study suggests ...