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Chandra Sees Unexpected X‑Ray Flickering From Supernova Remnants in M83

Researchers say the brightness swings suggest shock collisions, surviving companion stars feeding compact objects, or debris falling back onto neutron stars and black holes.

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Scientists Confirm New Clathrate Crystal Forged in 1945 Trinity Blast

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Spain Braces for 2026 Total Solar Eclipse, Possible 10 Million Visitors

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Magnetar ‘Chirp’ Identified in Superluminous Supernova as Short GRB Localized to Tidal-Stream Dwarf

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Rubin Observatory Goes Live With Real-Time Sky Alerts, Sending 800,000 in First Night

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Study Ties ASASSN-24fw’s 200-Day Fade to Ringed Brown Dwarf or Super-Jupiter

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Study Puts 4.3% Chance on Asteroid 2024 YR4 Striking the Moon in 2032

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Star-Shredding Black Hole’s Radio Jet Still Surging, With Peak Predicted Around 2027

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New Analyses Point to Tardigrades as the Likeliest Survivors of Global Catastrophes

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Supermassive Black Hole in J1007+3540 Restarts Jets After 100 Million Years

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Hubble Catches Two Debris-Cloud Collisions at Fomalhaut, Recasting ‘Fomalhaut b’

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Brightest Blue Cosmic Flash Linked to Black Hole Tearing Apart a Massive Star, Studies Find

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Record-Long Gamma-Ray Burst and Earliest-Known Supernova Challenge Models of Cosmic Explosions

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Real-Time Black Hole Flare Triggers Ultrafast Wind at 20% Light Speed

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Webb Confirms Most Distant Supernova Yet at z=7.3

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Study Ties Ancient Close Stellar Flyby to a ‘Cosmic Scar’ in the Sun’s Neighborhood

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Far-Side Solar Eruption May Be X10 With Plasma Cloud Forecast to Reach Interstellar Comet Oct. 24

Cosmic Events

Chandra Sees Unexpected X‑Ray Flickering From Supernova Remnants in M83

Scientists Confirm New Clathrate Crystal Forged in 1945 Trinity Blast

Spain Braces for 2026 Total Solar Eclipse, Possible 10 Million Visitors

Magnetar ‘Chirp’ Identified in Superluminous Supernova as Short GRB Localized to Tidal-Stream Dwarf

Rubin Observatory Goes Live With Real-Time Sky Alerts, Sending 800,000 in First Night

Study Ties ASASSN-24fw’s 200-Day Fade to Ringed Brown Dwarf or Super-Jupiter

Study Puts 4.3% Chance on Asteroid 2024 YR4 Striking the Moon in 2032

Star-Shredding Black Hole’s Radio Jet Still Surging, With Peak Predicted Around 2027

New Analyses Point to Tardigrades as the Likeliest Survivors of Global Catastrophes

Supermassive Black Hole in J1007+3540 Restarts Jets After 100 Million Years

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Cosmic Events

Hubble Catches Two Debris-Cloud Collisions at Fomalhaut, Recasting ‘Fomalhaut b’

Brightest Blue Cosmic Flash Linked to Black Hole Tearing Apart a Massive Star, Studies Find

Record-Long Gamma-Ray Burst and Earliest-Known Supernova Challenge Models of Cosmic Explosions

Real-Time Black Hole Flare Triggers Ultrafast Wind at 20% Light Speed

Webb Confirms Most Distant Supernova Yet at z=7.3

Study Ties Ancient Close Stellar Flyby to a ‘Cosmic Scar’ in the Sun’s Neighborhood

Early Interferometric Images Recast Novae as Multi-Stage, Directional Eruptions

Astronomers Confirm First Coronal Mass Ejection From a Star Beyond the Sun

Kamchatka Logs Nine Aftershocks Up to M5.8 as Pacific Rim Sees Fresh Quakes

Far-Side Solar Eruption May Be X10 With Plasma Cloud Forecast to Reach Interstellar Comet Oct. 24

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