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A California teenager has uncovered a cosmic treasure trove while mining archived NASA data—an achievement that earned him formal praise from NASA leadership in early 2026. What began as a summer ...
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This vanished star may mark a ‘failed supernova’—and a newborn black hole A “disappearing” star in the Andromeda galaxy is the closest and best candidate for a newborn black hole that astronomers have ...