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To catch a stellar thief

A supernova seen in 1993 defied explanation. Astronomers suspected the dying star had lost much of its hydrogen before the explosion. The discovery of a companion to this star suggests where that gas went...

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Figure 1: The beautiful spiral structure of the galaxy M81, one of the brightest galaxies in the sky.

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