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Occulta
09-10-2014, 05:51 PM
Astronomers at NASA have stumbled upon what appears to be the most luminous pulsar ever discovered, but they almost mistook it for a black hole.

After measuring the dead star's output, they found it was outputting as much energy as 10 million suns -- shockingly powerful, considering how much smaller it is than our own star.

Full story here (http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=4328)

Chris

Slawomir
26-12-2014, 03:46 PM
Luckily there are still plenty of mysteries out there waiting to be discovered and solved...