Astronomers have used new data from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and the retired SOFIA (Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy) as well as archival data from other missions to revisit one of the strangest binary star systems in our galaxy – 40 years after it burst onto the scene as a bright and long-lived nova. A nova is a star […]
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Astrophysics, Astrophysics Division, Goddard Space Flight Center, Hubble Space Telescope, Missions, Stars, The Universe
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June 10, 2024
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