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Old 09-10-2014, 05:51 PM
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NASA's NuSTAR Telescope Discovers Shockingly Bright Dead Star

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.

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