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Astronomers Discover "Pumpkin" Stars

(via NASA) Astronomers using observations from NASA's Kepler and Swift missions have discovered a group of rapidly spinning stars that produce X-rays at more than 100 times the peak levels ever seen from the sun. The stars, which spin so fast they've been squashed into pumpkin-like shapes, are thought to be the result of close binary systems where two sun-like stars merge. Send to a Friend | Permalink

What is the Mars Curse?

(via Universe Today) If you’re going to send a spacecraft to Mars, you’ve got to know that place has an insatiable hunger for our plucky robot companions. Why is this place cursed? Send to a Friend | Permalink

Posted by RCScience Staff | Space - Thursday October 27th, 2016 | Send to a Friend