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rampartd

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3. dimming then brightening could indicate a binary
Mon Sep 23, 2024, 05:40 AM
Sep 2024

the darker eclipsing the brighter (at how many light years distance?) as their orbits develop?

or clouds of interstellar gas or dark matter in the endless intervening space.

a supernova in real time, from a safe distance, would be a sight for the ages.

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