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Mysterious ‘zombie star’ speeds through the Milky Way at 177,000 km/h, capable of ripping human atoms; origin remains unknown
Astronomers have spotted a zombie star, SGR 0501+4516, speeding through the Milky Way. This magnetar has an incredibly strong ...
High velocity gas-clump in Milky Way neighborhood may be a dark galaxy
A team of astronomers and astrophysicists at the Chinese Academy of Science's National Astronomical Observatories has found ...
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A Magnetar of Unknown Origin, Capable of Destroying Atoms a Thousand Kilometers Away, Is Crossing the Milky Way
A rogue magnetar, named SGR 0501+4516, is crossing our galaxy without a clear trace of its birth, according to a study ...
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Extreme 'zombie star' capable of ripping human atoms apart is shooting through the Milky Way — and nobody knows where it came from
Astronomers have discovered that the magnetar SGR 0501+4516 is speeding through our galaxy at more than 110,000 mph. This ...
Astronomers Reveal Secrets of the Universe's Awkward Growth Spurt
A new survey of distant galaxies undertaken by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is revealing new secrets of the "cosmic noon"—when galaxies in the young universe underwent something of an awkward ...
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Powerful blasts of X-rays could reveal a black hole waking from sleep
Unusual signals called quasi periodic eruptions appear to come from black holes, but we don't know what creates them. Now ...
Galaxies at 'cosmic noon': Research gives deep dive into universe's wild growth spurt
A new University of Kansas survey of distant galaxies using the James Webb Space Telescope reveals never-before-seen star ...
Cosmic Hit-and-Run Mystery Solved: 'This Is the Missing Piece'
"All the odd shapes and swirling gas observed in the Perseus cluster now make sense," said astronomer James Lee.