Astronomers have detected a rare pattern in the X-ray bursts coming from a neutron-star system no more than 16,300 light-years away. That star system, MAXI J1621−501, first turned up on Oct. 9 ...

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Astronomers have detected a rare pattern in the X-ray bursts coming from a neutron-star system no more than 16,300 light-years away. That star system, MAXI J1621−501, first turned up on Oct. 9 ...