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Strobe Flashes from a Young Star
February 10, 2013 | NASA

“Two of NASA’s great observatories, the Spitzer and Hubble space telescopes, have teamed up to uncover a mysterious infant star that behaves like a strobe light. Every 25.34 days, the object, designated LRLL 54361, unleashes a burst of light.” Quoted from the NASA press release.


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