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What is dark energy? Exploding white dwarf stars may help us crack the case

Astronomers have studied 3,600 supernovas to discover diversity in exploding white dwarf stars, a vital tool in the ...
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Community calls out seemingly fake video of exploding windmill: 'Why post?'

Renewable energy has become a common target for misinformation, and wind turbines often end up at the center of it. That's what happened with a Reddit post that shows a video of a field of turbines ...
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Mysterious bright blue cosmic blasts triggered by black holes shredding stars, scientists say. 'It's definitely not just an exploding star.'

"The sheer amount of radiated energy from these bursts is so large that you can't power them with a core collapse stellar ...
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Why is the universe ripping itself apart? A new study of exploding stars shows dark energy may be more complicated than we thought

Brad E Tucker receives funding from the Australian Research Council and ACT Government. What is the universe made of? This question has driven astronomers for hundreds of years. For the past quarter ...