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A team of astronomer from the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) have discovered that some exploding stars, called novae, shine 10,000 times brighter than the Sun...
Novae are big, bright explosions that happen on stars called white dwarfs..
By studying novae, scientists can learn about how galaxies change over time and how space between stars gets filled with different materials...
While past studies focused on visible light from novae, this research looked at UV light, offering new insights into how these stars behave...
The team analyzed 42 novae, most of which are found near the center of the Andromeda Galaxy, a region full of bright galactic light that usually hides these stars.. Using special techniques to filter out the galactic light, they found 23 novae in their quiet phase, 21 just after their explosions, and 4 in both phases...
