Can a star die twice? Scientists spot rare cosmic ‘double detonation’

Can a star die twice? Scientists spot rare cosmic ‘double detonation’

For a long time, scientists believed that just like humans, stars died only once. Now, a rare sighting seems to change the widely held belief. Scientists from the European Space Observatory (ESO) have spotted the first-ever visual evidence of a double detonation of a star, meaning death twice. “This tangible evidence of a double-detonation not […]

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ESO image captures galaxy with closest discovered pair of supermassive black holes

ESO image captures galaxy with closest discovered pair of supermassive black holes

The European Southern Observatory’s (ESO) Very Large Telescope has captured an image of a spectacular galactic collision. NGC 7727, a massive galaxy, was created from an event that started around a billion years ago: the merger of two galaxies. And at the centre of NGC 7727 lies the closest pair of supermassive black holes ever […]

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Nail-biting research rules out 2052 asteroid impact on Earth

Nail-biting research rules out 2052 asteroid impact on Earth

For months, the asteroid dubbed “2021 QM1” was at the top of risk lists around the globe. As far as we knew, there was a real chance of the space rock impacting Earth on April 2, 2052. But after a series of scientifically impressive observations and calculations, The European Space Agency’s (ESA) asteroid team working […]

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