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In 1952, a group of three 'stars' vanished—astronomers still can't find them (phys.org)
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[–] lgmjon64@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

How embarrassing.

[–] MysteriousSophon21@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

These "vanishing stars" were probly just imaging artifacts or plate defects from the old photographic techniques, since modern surveys with way better equipment havent found any evidence of them.