Melnick 39 is a colliding-wind binary system, observations find
Astronomers from the University of Sheffield and Pennsylvania State University have performed X-ray and optical observations ...
An Astronomer Calculated the Exact Day a Star Will Blow—and It’s Today
T Coronae Borealis (T CrB), also known as the Blaze Star, is a binary star system located 3,000 light-years from Earth. It ...
The Star Set to Explode Totally Flaked. Here’s What to Expect Next
The nearby T Coronae Borealis system could still explode any day now, but calculations suggest the next best chance for fireworks is later this year.
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This dead star is still sending us radio signals
Astronomers have identified the source of strange radio flashes: a binary system containing a white dwarf, the remnant of a ...
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Green Sahara: African Humid Periods Paced by Earth's Orbital Changes
Orbital precession greatly influences North ... levels that occurred across Africa as a result of the African Humid Period (Figure 2b). This database classifies lakes as "low" (lake is within ...