[ad_1] Eta Carinae, the brightest and most mbadive star system at 10,000 light-years, accelerates particles at speeds comparable to those of light – some of which can reach the Earth as cosmic …
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[ad_1] The Eta Carinae system consists of two mbadive stars that produce powerful interactive stellar winds. Where they collide, shock waves are generated that can accelerate electrically charged particles up to the …
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[ad_1] Data from NASA's NuSTAR Space Telescope discovered that Eta Carinae was producing cosmic rays, some of which could even reach the Earth. Eta Carinae has been a source of mystery and …
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[ad_1] The great eruption of Eta Carinae in the 1840s gave birth to the Homunculus nebula, pictured here by Hubble. Now, about a light-year away, the expanding cloud contains enough material to …
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