binary star system

Amazing Detectives Find Suspect for Incredibly Powerful ‘Super Flares’

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Our sun is known for its occasional outburst of energy called a solar flare, which can cause space weather that can disrupt communications and energy infrastructure here on Earth. But we should really be grateful that we don’t exist around a star that erupts with so-called “superflares” that can be 100 to 10,000 times more … Read more

Soon a ‘new’ star will light up the sky and you can see it for yourself

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A binary star system in the constellation Corona Borealis consists of a white dwarf pulling material from a neighboring red giant, leading to exceptionally bright explosions every 79 to 80 years. (NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center – image credit) Starlight, star bright, will there be a new star tonight? That’s the question astronomers are waiting … Read more