The cosmic oddity known as the Cow may have been a dying star that shed its skin like a snake before it exploded. Newly released observations support the idea that the burst occurred in a dense ...

SEATTLE — Astronomers may have discovered a new way that stars can die. A mysteriously brief and bright burst whimsically called the “Cow” reveals an entirely new type of stellar death. The details of ...

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Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. New research has been published about a very strange explosion that was detected in 2018. This explosion stunned astronomers when it was discovered, as it ...

X-ray data reveals a compact object smaller than 1,000 km, ruling out the possibility of an intermediate-mass black hole. X-ray data analysis reveals a compact object under 1,000 km…ruling out the ...