Here’s a shocking star discovery.
Astronomers captured this image of a stunning shock wave around a dead star — a shock wave that, according to all known mechanisms, “shouldn’t be there.”
“We found something never seen before and, more importantly, entirely unexpected,” said co-lead author of the study, Simone Scaringi. “The surprise that a supposedly quiet, discless system could drive such a spectacular nebula was one of those rare ‘wow’ moments.”
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