A hundred times more energetic than a typical supernova, the death of an extremely massive star in the galaxy NGC 1260, some 240 million light years away from earth, was recently observed by NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory as well as several ground-based optical telescopes.
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The Keck Observatory on Mauna Kea has helped paint a portrait of a distant yet massive supernova that has astronomers speculating about a similar star much closer to Earth.
If the star near Earth were to explode in like fashion, it would be as bright as the full moon, scientists calculate.
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While UFO devotees report many UFO sighting per day â most are misinterpretations â there are no simultaneous sightings of bona fide UFOs; that is, no UFOs are seen at the same time, in different locations.
And that has been the pattern for flying saucer/UFO sightings since people have been recording their appearances.
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As we explore some of the haunted locations in Utah, we will take a look at the power of one of the oldest railroad station sits in the state, as well as some of […]
Did you really think that a few schools, hospitals, and railroad stations were the only places in Utah to carry their own unexplainable or twisted tale of intrigue? In this article, we will explore more haunted locations that can be found throughout the state of Utah, including an abandoned factory and the ultra-creepy location […]
The size and energy of the newly recorded blast, 240 million light-years away, have already begun to transform scientific understanding of how especially large stars explode, and have left awestruck researchers concerned — and a little excited — about what might happen to the similarly enormous and unstable star closer to home.
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A massive exploding faraway star â the brightest supernova astronomers have ever seen â has scientists wondering whether a similar celestial fireworks show may light up the sky much closer to Earth sometime soon.
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