A giant cosmic 'fart' is making a wobbling zombie star repeatedly flash us, 'groundbreaking' observations reveal
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"A giant cosmic 'fart' is making a wobbling zombie star repeatedly flash us, 'groundbreaking' observations reveal" is generating significant coverage in the Science category, with 4 articles from 4 distinct sources tracked by PULSE so far.
Outlets currently covering the story include iflscience.com, space.com, UA.NEWS and Live Science. PULSE measures a story's velocity from how quickly new articles appear and how many independent newsrooms join the coverage.
This brief was generated by PULSE's extractive engine from coverage metadata only. The latest headlines from every source are listed below; the velocity chart shows how the story is developing in real time.
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Why is "A giant cosmic 'fart' is making a wobbling zombie star repeatedly flash us, 'gro" trending?
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Coverage (4)
- For The First Time Ever We've Seen A Neutron Star Gobbling The Solar Wind From Its Companion iflscience.com · 1d ago
- X-ray spacecraft watches extreme dead star feeding on the wind of a hypergiant (video) space.com · 1d ago
- Astronomers explain X-ray flares of pulsar in BP Crucis system UA.NEWS · 1d ago
- A giant cosmic 'fart' is making a wobbling zombie star repeatedly flash us, 'groundbreaking' observations reveal Live Science · 1d ago
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