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"Shortly before his disappearance, the famous philosopher, explorer, engineer, and machinist Calvo Galvan, left behind several pieces of nonsensical writings, insane scribblings, and incomplete schematics; known collectively as Galvan's Code. Among these was a map of the Heavens, or rather, a map of the nearby celestial bodies and stars. During Galvan's time of the 1100s, astronomic studies were still in a catch-up phase, as the general understanding of universe and cosmos had yet to surpass…

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an image of the solar system with two stars in it and text that reads,'80 % of the stars in our galaxy are planetary stars

A binary star supernova is a spectacular phenomenon where one of the stars in the system eventually collapses with an almost unimaginable explosion. Scientists at the University of California at Berkeley recently discovered a type of supernova that, fueled by helium instead of the usual carbon, is only about a tenth as bright as a normal supernova. A more frightening discovery is of a binary system in our own galaxy, only about 3,260 light years away, that had regular nova explosions every…

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an image of some very pretty stars in the sky with many different colors and sizes

Astronomers are watching a delayed broadcast of a spectacular outburst from the unstable, behemoth double-star system Eta Carinae, an event initially seen on Earth nearly 170 years ago. Dubbed the “Great Eruption,” the outburst first caught the attention of sky watchers in 1837 and was observed through 1858. via Buzzfeed

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an artist's rendering of the solar system

Astronomers are excited to get their first look at a clump of gas they think is about to start forming stars. Unlike others seen, this one is "pristine," unaffected by the violent stellar winds and supernova shocks from other nearby stars.

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