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Scientists may have found the 1st twin star system where both stars exploded
By Charles Q. Choi Published
Imagine if Star Wars' Tatooine twin suns went supernova. Scientists may have just found that in our universe.

'The Starry Night' in space: Dark Energy Camera channels a cosmic Van Gogh (video)
By Robert Lea Published
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.

Scientists spot 4 superdense stellar corpses hiding behind their red dwarf companions
By Robert Lea Published
"Nearby isolated white dwarfs are usually easy to find, but we couldn't see these four stars directly."

This cosmic 'lighthouse' is blazing a magnetic trail through the Milky Way
By Samantha Mathewson Published
Scientists have directly measured the magnetic field surrounding the speedy neutron star for the first time.

Astronomers may have heard the 1st 'whispers' of ghost particles created by supernova explosions
By Robert Lea Published
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.

Dance of death between binary stars leads to an unusual supernova
By Robert Lea Published
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.

Astronomers discover radio signals coming from rare 'Blue Eye Pulsar' after decades of silence
By Keith Cooper Published
Astronomers have detected radio signals coming from a long-dead neutron star known as the 'Blue Eye Pulsar' after searching for decades.

'Stellar death is not the end': James Webb Space Telescope glimpses the fate of the solar system in a weird exoplanet orbiting a dead star
By Robert Lea Published
"It's like using a time machine to peer into the distant future of our solar system."
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