Researchers suggest that Eta Carinae was originally a three-star system, which is what led it to its unusual behaviour
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NuSTAR observes cosmic rays shooting from a pair of massive stars
The X-ray emission detected from Eta Carinae shows highly energetic cosmic rays ejecting from the massive stars
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Mysterious multiple explosions of supernova decoded by Hubble
In the mid-1800s, astronomers surveying the night sky in the Southern Hemisphere noticed something strange about the star Eta Carinae
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How do some stars get so massive?
Read on to find out why this question is still baffling astronomers