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A distant neutron star unexpectedly reawakened, unleashing a powerful X-ray surge that may reveal how the universe’s most ...

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A research team has investigated long-term X-ray variability in the neutron star NGC 7793 P13, an object thought to be driven ...

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Astronomers tracked a decade of dramatic changes in P13, a neutron star undergoing supercritical accretion. Its X-ray ...

A long-standing physics mystery has been solved with the discovery of emergent photon-like behavior inside a strange quantum ...

Webb spots a bizarre exoplanet with a carbon-rich atmosphere orbiting a pulsar, defying theories of how planets form.

A new discovery, made using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), may just be the weirdest exoplanet yet, possessing an ...

Astronomers have recorded a unique awakening of the neutron star P13. Over the course of a decade, its X-ray brightness has ...

Explore the debate surrounding a potential dark matter discovery, highlighting skepticism and the need for rigorous ...