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White Dwarf's Pull on Red Giant Triggers Thermonuclear Blasts (Video)
By Kasandra Brabaw published
A new video shows the explosive reaction when a dense stellar corpse sucks up material from a pulsating dead star.
Telescope All-Star Team Feasts on Crab Nebula with Spectacular Results
By Hanneke Weitering published
Gigantic X-Ray Tsunami Rolls Through Galaxy Cluster (Video, Photos)
By Mike Wall published
A wave of hot gas twice as wide as the Milky Way galaxy roils the nearby Perseus galaxy cluster, a new study indicates.
Monster Black Hole Gorges on Record-Setting Meal
By Mike Wall published
A supermassive black hole has been gobbling up a star for more than a decade — about 10 times longer than any previously known such meal, a new study finds.
Black Hole and Galaxy Crash Supercharge Blazing-Fast Particles
By Elizabeth Howell published
Astronomers have discovered an immense surge of energy coming from a cosmic particle accelerator located about 2 billion light years from Earth.
Deepest-Ever X-Ray Image of Space Captures Countless Black Holes
By Mike Wall published
Huge numbers of supermassive black holes are visible in a stunning new photo that astronomers said is the deepest X-ray image of the sky ever captured.
Mystery of 'Flickering' Galaxy Solved: It's Starving for Food
By Kasandra Brabaw published
A decades-old galactic mystery has just been solved — new research has revealed why a distant galaxy has brightened and dimmed like a flickering candle flame over the last 30 years.
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