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A Mysterious Pulsar Is Spinning Too Slow With 7 Different Pulse Patterns

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A single flash from the sky showed the way to a bizarre star that spins very slowly, making it difficult to determine whether it is a pulsar or another stellar object. The object, known as PSR J0901-4046, “challenges our current understanding of the evolution of these systems” due to its slow 76-second pirouette and the …

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Hunga Tonga Erupts

The massive eruption of the Hunga volcano created an atmospheric pulse that caused an unusual tsunami-like disturbance

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This looping video shows a series of GOES-17 satellite images that captured an umbrella cloud generated by the submarine eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano on January 15, 2022. Arcing shock waves shaped of crescent and many flashes are also visible. Credit: NASA Earth Observatory image by Joshua Stevens using GOES imagery courtesy of …

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