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After decades of ultra-reliable behavior, the pulsar PSR J1713+0747 suddenly changed its output in April 2021. Astronomers ...

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XRISM found a slow, thick wind from a neutron star, pointing to temperature as the key driver of cosmic wind behavior. The ...

According to a new Physical Review Letters study, black holes could help solve the dark matter mystery. The shadowy regions ...

A Northwestern University-led team of astronomers has captured the most detailed glimpse yet of a doomed star before it ...

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