A star survived its own death and is coming back to life. It gets weirder
A star exploded 845 years ago but remains in the same place. In the 1990s, it was seen flaring up again and coming back to life. Astronomers expected it to become much hotter by now.
However, that has not happened, as per a latest study.
A star that returned from the brink of death is doing something unexpected. Sakurai’s Object went supernova in 1181 and was visible as a bright object in the Cassiopeia constellation for at least 185 days. Astronomers who lived in the early years of ... [2835 chars]
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