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Cosmic 'fart' seen driving zombie star's repeated flashes
Original: A giant cosmic 'fart' is making a wobbling zombie star repeatedly flash us, 'groundbreaking' observations reveal
Astronomers report groundbreaking observations of a dead, or 'zombie', star that flashes toward Earth repeatedly because a vast cloud of ejected gas — likened to a cosmic 'fart' — makes it wobble on its axis. The study offers a rare look at how material thrown off by a dying star can alter its rotation and orientation, producing the regular flashing pattern detected from our planet.
Why now: A striking new astronomical finding with an unusual nickname is drawing wide attention to how dead stars can still visibly pulse.
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- A giant cosmic 'fart' is making a wobbling zombie star repeatedly flash us, 'groundbreaking' observations reveal · Live Science
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