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In fact, type Ia supernovas were integral to the discovery that the expansion of the universe is accelerating, the genesis of dark energy, back in 1998.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
20 Mar. 2025 -
That means that this dataset of nearby supernovas is several times larger than previous similar samples.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
20 Feb. 2025
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Imaging the innermost circumstellar environment of the red supergiant WOH G64 in the Large Magellanic Cloud.—
Tom Howarth,
Newsweek,
21 Nov. 2024
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Unlike other supergiants, however, a segment of Bathynomus vaderi’s back section narrows and curves backward in a unique way.—
Margherita Bassi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
27 Jan. 2025
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The observations also contain a small sample of quasars, the bright hearts of active galaxies powered by feeding supermassive black holes, which, because of their incredible luminosity, can be seen even further away.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
19 Mar. 2025
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Perhaps the gamma rays were produced in events that gave rise to the radio outbursts of quasars.—
Mark Fischetti,
Scientific American,
17 Mar. 2025
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Luckily for scientists, this rapid spin and its precise frequency make pulsars excellent timing mechanisms.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
28 Feb. 2025
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Among other things, it is expected to be able to hunt for the universe’s first stars, search for signals from an extraterrestrial intelligence, and enable the detection of new pulsars—the spinning remnants of dead stars—in our galaxy and others.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
26 Sep. 2016
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There’s obviously a lot of unknown variables this year, Marks said, with tariffs being at the forefront along with worries about an economic slowdown.—
Natasha Abellard,
CNBC,
19 Mar. 2025
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However, recent layoffs in federal agencies, which weren’t fully reflected in the latest employment report, add another variable to an already complex equation.—
Luis E. Romero,
Forbes,
17 Mar. 2025
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But those findings have yet to be linked to a white dwarf, a neutron star, or another source.—
Paul Smaglik,
Discover Magazine,
12 Mar. 2025
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Like all neutron stars, magnetars are formed when massive stars run out of their fuel for nuclear fusion.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
25 Feb. 2025
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This sell-off indicated a sense that the next wave of AI models may not require the tens of thousands of top-end GPUs that Silicon Valley behemoths have amassed into computing superclusters for the purposes of accelerating their AI innovation.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
28 Jan. 2025
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For instance, Oracle recently chose AMD’s accelerated computing chips to power its latest supercluster for high-intensity AI workloads, after testing showed that AMD’s GPUs delivered low latency and strong performance at a competitive price.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes,
16 Jan. 2025
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The model developed by the team found that white dwarfs can fuel both processes simultaneously, making Earth-like planets possible around white dwarfs.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
19 Mar. 2025
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The material sits on the surface of the white dwarf until there is enough material to ignite a thermonuclear runaway explosion -- a buildup of pressure and heat.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
31 Oct. 2024
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“Subdwarf.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subdwarf. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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