With unprecedented flares, stellar corpse shows signs of life
November 15, 2023
November 15, 2023
ITHACA, New York, Nov. 15 -- Cornell University issued the following news:
After a distant star's explosive death, an active stellar corpse was the likely source of repeated energetic flares observed over several months - a phenomenon astronomers had never seen before, a Cornell-led team reports in new research published Nov. 15 in Nature.
The bright, brief flashes - as short as a few minutes in duration, and as powerful as the original explosion 100 days later - appear . . .
After a distant star's explosive death, an active stellar corpse was the likely source of repeated energetic flares observed over several months - a phenomenon astronomers had never seen before, a Cornell-led team reports in new research published Nov. 15 in Nature.
The bright, brief flashes - as short as a few minutes in duration, and as powerful as the original explosion 100 days later - appear . . .