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StarBurst Arrives at NASA for Cosmic Explosion Tests
From left to right, NASA Marshall engineers Carlos Diaz and John Luke Bili, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory mechanical ...
Understanding gamma rays in our universe through StarBurst, a small satellite instrument
The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), in partnership with NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), has developed ...
'A 2-hour mystery pulse': Radio signals from space reveal hidden White Dwarf system
Astronomers discovered a mysterious 2-hour radio pulse from a hidden white dwarf system, revealing a new type of stellar duo ...
7 stunning images of galaxies closest to Milky Way by NASA
The Antennae Galaxies are filled with black holes and neutron stars, speeding up the process of star formation and change. Saturn's rings, first observed by Galileo 400 years ago, have since become ...
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Supernova study suggests space blasts wiped out ancient life on Earth
As part of this, the research team calculated the supernova rate within 20 parsecs of the Sun, or approximately 65 ...
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Distant star explosions could have wiped out life on Earth twice
A supernova is a cataclysmic stellar death that leaves behind a black hole or neutron star. It is the biggest ... observed in the universe. Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center / ESA ...
Nanomaterials used to measure first nuclear reaction on radioactive nuclei produced in neutron star collisions
Physicists have measured a nuclear reaction that can occur in neutron star collisions, providing direct experimental data for ...
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Did supernova explosions cause ancient mass extinctions on Earth?
Scientists from Keele University have found strong evidence that some of Earth’s past mass extinctions could have been caused by nearby supernova explosions—massive star explosions in the Milky Way.