#Meet Apep, the rare star system that could explode and kill us all

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“#Meet Apep, the rare star system that could explode and kill us all” Having a blast with gamma ray bursts Gamma ray bursts release more energy in 10 seconds than the Sun will emit over its entire 10-billion-year lifetime. “First discovered in the late 1960s by military satellites, little progress was made in understanding these energetic events…

#Black holes at the center of 2020 Nobel Prize in physics — astrophysicist explains why it’s a big deal

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“#Black holes at the center of 2020 Nobel Prize in physics — astrophysicist explains why it’s a big deal” Black holes are perhaps the most mysterious objects in nature. They warp space and time in extreme ways and contain a mathematical impossibility, a singularity – an infinitely hot and dense object within. But if black…

#The connection between superflares and alien life explained

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“#The connection between superflares and alien life explained” The bigger they come… Using the Evryscope (left) and TESS (right), astronomers at UNC studied superflares from stars that could affect the development of life on distant world. Image credit: UNC (left) and NASA/GSFC (right) Solar flares take place on our own Sun, but the vast majority…