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A giant cosmic 'fart' is making a wobbling zombie star repeatedly flash us, 'groundbreaking' observations reveal

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A giant cosmic 'fart' is making a wobbling zombie star repeatedly flash us, 'groundbreaking' observations revealWorldPing
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What happened

A very strange binary star system keeps flashing Earth with X-ray flares.

Scientists now understand why.

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  • Reported by Live Science and published Sun, 27 Sep 2026 12:00:00 UTC.

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