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Quark stars may reveal a terrifying new kind of stellar corpse

Astrophysicists are closing in on one of the strangest possibilities in stellar evolution, a compact remnant that might sit ...

Massive runaway stars in the Milky Way: Observational study explores origins and ejection process

Researchers from the Institute of Cosmos Sciences of the University of Barcelona (ICCUB) and the Institute of Space Studies ...
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Rare Cosmic Event May Be First-Ever ‘Superkilonova,’ Scientists Say

This artist's animation shows a hypothe sized event known as a superkilonova . Initially, a massive star explodes in a supernova, which generates elements like carbon and iron. In the aftermath, two ...
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These tiny unstable atoms are changing how neutron stars explode

Scientists measured phosphorus-26 and sulfur-27 atoms with high precision. Discovery shows neutron star explosions are stronger and faster than thought. Findings improve models of element formation ...
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ICCUB astronomers lead the most ambitious study of runaway massive stars in the Milky Way

Researchers from the Institute of Cosmos Sciences of the University of Barcelona (ICCUB) and the Institute of Space Studies ...
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The spiders that turn stars into planets

Neutron stars are some of the most extreme phenomenon in the universe. It's doubly so for a subset known as pulsars. Some are spinning so fast, and are so massive, that astronomers aren't entirely ...