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We Are All Made of Stars: The Long Journey from the Big Bang to the Human Body | CNN

We Are All Made of Stars: The Long Journey from the Big Bang to the Human Body | CNN

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Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. CNN — In its violent early years, Earth was a molten hellscape that ejected the moon after a fiery collision with another protoplanet, scientists now suspect. Later, it transformed from a watery expanse into a …

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We Are All Made of Stars: The Long Journey from the Big Bang to the Human Body | CNN

We Are All Made of Stars: The Long Journey from the Big Bang to the Human Body | CNN

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A bright flash detected in February was a black hole jet pointed directly at Earth

A bright flash detected in February was a black hole jet pointed directly at Earth

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Drawing: Carl Knox – OzGrav, ARC Center of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery, Swinburne University of Technology On February 11, astronomers saw a distant flash of light that seemed to come from a source as bright as a quadrillion suns. They alerted other scientists to the event, and several telescopes quickly swung around to focus …

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Neutron stars are basically giant cosmic chocolates, say astrophysicists

Neutron stars are basically giant cosmic chocolates, say astrophysicists

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An illustration showing the inner workings of heavier (left) and lighter (right) neutron stars, imagined as pralines.Drawing: Peter Kiefer and Luciano Rezzolla Astrophysicists modeling the interiors of neutron stars have discovered that extremely compact objects have different internal structures, depending on their mass. They to suggest think of the stars like different types of chocolate …

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Neutron stars are basically giant cosmic chocolates, say astrophysicists

Neutron stars are basically giant cosmic chocolates, say astrophysicists

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An illustration showing the inner workings of heavier (left) and lighter (right) neutron stars, imagined as pralines.Drawing: Peter Kiefer and Luciano Rezzolla Astrophysicists modeling the interiors of neutron stars have discovered that extremely compact objects have different internal structures, depending on their mass. They to suggest think of the stars like different types of chocolate …

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