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The Eta Carinae star system does not lack for superlatives. Not only does it contain one of the biggest and brightest stars in our galaxy, weighing at least 90 times the mass of the Sun, it also is ...

Eta Carinae, an enigmatic star that has mystified astronomers for 160 years with both its sheer beauty and massive size, is repeating a roughly five-year cycle of pumping out X rays. This finding ...

Astronomers are drawn to things that change: planets moving among the stars, stars moving among themselves, stars that change in color and brightness. Over the centuries, some of them have fallen in ...

Eta Carinae is a mysterious, extremely bright and unstable star located a mere stone’s throw – astronomically speaking – from Earth at a distance of only about 7500 light years. The star is thought to ...

Some things look weird. Others have peculiar characteristics that are not at all visually obvious, like extreme density. Still others earn their strangeness points solely because of bad behavior. It ...

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A new visualization, among multiple renderings released by NASA this week, shows the famous explosion of one of the most brilliant stars in our night sky. Eta Carinae's great eruption, which was ...

Eta Carinae was cataloged in 1677 by Edmond Halley. By all means, it's a big old star. There's also a lot of fuss now that it appears to be at the end of its life. Actually, it could have already met ...