[ad_1] 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 […]
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[ad_1] The stars in the sky seem to shine forever, but they too are subject to lifespans determined by their mass and internal physics. Some last for billions of years and others are transitory in comparison, with far shorter lifetimes. Regardless of duration, all stars survive by maintaining a balance between two competing forces: the […]
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[ad_1] A star is ending its life so violently that the dead star left behind, called a white dwarf, is disrupting an entire planetary system by sucking in debris from both its inner and outer reaches. This cosmic phenomenon is the first time that astronomers have observed. The white dwarf star is consuming the rock-metallic […]
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