A group of astronomers have discovered an unprecedented series of flares from a stellar corpse, suggesting the possibility of life existing around it. Using a combination of ground-based and space-based telescopes, the team was able to detect extremely brief, but powerful flares that occurred on a regular basis. The regularity of these flares suggested to the researchers that they may be caused by something orbiting the stellar corpse, such as a planet or asteroid. The researchers are hopeful that if life does exist around this stellar corpse, it could be discovered by further study of the flares.

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source: Phys.org