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Novae Unveiled: Real-Time Interferometry Reveals Multi-Stage Ejections and Gamma Rays

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Source: Futurism
Novae Unveiled: Real-Time Interferometry Reveals Multi-Stage Ejections and Gamma Rays
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Astronomers using the CHARA Array and other telescopes captured real-time images of two novae (V1674 Herculis and V1405 Cassiopeiae), revealing complex, multi-stage gas outflows and gamma-ray emissions—showing that nova explosions are not single blasts and linking surface nuclear processes to the geometry of ejected material and high-energy radiation.

Topics:sciencespace#binary-star#gamma-rays#interferometry#nova#space#white-dwarf
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