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Ancient Egyptian Observations of Variable Star Discovered
Scientific Computing
The study of the “Demon star,” Algol, made by a research group of the University of Helsinki, Finland, has received both scientific and public attention. The period of the brightness variation of this eclipsing binary star has been connected to good ...

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Celestial Tapestry Is Born Of Uncertain Parentage
Space Daily
For most of its recorded history, astronomers assumed that it formed from the death throes of an obvious bright star (a known binary system) near its center. Arguments against that claim, however, have turned this case into a classic mystery of ...

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Astronomers discovered ancient Egyptian observations of a variable star
Phys.Org
The study of the "Demon star", Algol, made by a research group of the University of Helsinki, Finland, has received both scientific and public attention. The period of the brightness variation of this eclipsing binary star has been connected to good ...

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Ancient Egyptians Tracked Eclipsing Binary Star Algol
Discovery News
Turn your telescope to the constellation of Perseus and you might note an unusual star called Algol, dubbed the "Demon Star" or the "Raging One." You wouldn't notice anything much different at first, unless you happened to be looking during a window of ...
Ancient scribes may have banked on blinking binaryScience News
Ancient Egyptians Recorded Algol's Variable Magnitude 3000 Years Before ...Technology Review (blog)

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Capturing planets
Phys.Org
New simulations predict that there may be free floating binary planets in space. Credit: NASA/JPL (Phys.org) -- The discovery of planets around other stars has led to the realization that alien solar systems often have bizarre features - at least they ...

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Wired News
Distant Exploding Nova Recorded by Space Satellite
Wired News
By io9 By George Dvorsky, io9 Now this is something you don't see every day: actual video footage of a binary star system exploding into space. This isn't to be confused with a supernova, which is a star that has collapsed in on itself causing it to ...
NASA catches an exploding nova on tapeSlashGear
NASA captures a nova exploding on videoZME Science (blog)
NASA`s STEREO spots a new novaPhys.Org

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Daily Mail
How the Ancient Egyptians understood binary stars 3200 years ago - and their ...
Daily Mail
By Eddie Wrenn Startling evidence suggests the ancient Egyptians understood the inner mechanics of a binary star system, spinning through our skies 93 light years away, more than 3200 years ago. Not only that, their specific calculations have helped ...
"The Demon Star" --Cairo Calendar Shows Egyptians Discovered the Binary Algol ...The Daily Galaxy (blog)

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