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The Sun’s most violent flares reveal a hidden new gamma-ray source

The Sun’s most violent flares are turning out to be even more extreme than I, or many solar physicists, had imagined. By ...

X-ray spectra provide sharpest image to date of a rapidly spinning black hole

The X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM), a joint mission between the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) ...
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Dark stars could help solve three pressing puzzles of the high-redshift universe

Dark stars are some of the most exciting astrophysical objects to possibly exist, as their study would allow for a ...

What Powers the Sun’s Most Violent Flares? Scientists Finally Have an Answer

Researchers have identified a newly recognized type of extremely energetic particles located in the Sun’s upper atmosphere, revealing a phenomenon that had not been detected before. Solar scientists r ...