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Scientists baffled by mysterious blue flashes coming from deep space

Luminous Fast Blue Optical Transients are rare, extremely hot, fast blue flashes possibly caused by black hole or neutron star collisions with Wolf-Rayet stars.
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10 months ago
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Tuesday Telescope: A howling wolf in the night sky

Wolf-Rayet stars, first identified in the 1800s, are characterized by unusual emission lines and continuous high-velocity gas ejection.
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fromMail Online
15 hours ago

Scientists baffled by mysterious blue flashes coming from deep space

Luminous Fast Blue Optical Transients are rare, extremely hot, fast blue flashes possibly caused by black hole or neutron star collisions with Wolf-Rayet stars.
fromColossal
5 months ago

NASA's Webb Telescope Captures the Dust Clouds of Apep, Named for the Egyptian God of Chaos

"To find the holes the third star has cut like a knife through the dust, look for the central point of light and trace a V shape from about 10 o'clock to 2 o'clock," NASA says.
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10 months ago

James Webb Space Telescope Spots Stellar Death Shrouds

James Webb Space Telescope captures stunning images of dying Wolf-Rayet stars and their surrounding cosmic dust.
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