Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  I a rātau e titiro ana ki roto i te puku o te Milky Way, kua kitea e nga tohunga whetū nga 'korero' o nga whetu mate i a rātau e kai ana i nga whetu hoa. E whakaarotia ana kei te waiho e ēnei whetū zombie he 'whetū nui' o ngā whetū kākano ma e tata ana ki te pokapū o te Milky Way. Engari he aha i nui ai ēnei whetū i konei - e mahue ana i muri i te wā ka pau te wahie o tētahi whetū nui ake - he mea ngaro tonu. Panuku ki raro mō te ataata. Ko te Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, ko NuStar rānei, kua hopu i tētahi tirohanga X-ray pūngao tiketike hou (magenta) o te pokapū o to tatou Milky Way galaxy. Ko te porohita iti ake e whakaatu ana i te pokapū o to tatou tupuni i tangohia ai te whakaahua o NuStar. Ko te kitenga, i whakaputaina i Nature, i hangaia e nga kaiputaiao i Haverford College i Pennsylvania, US ma te whakamahi i te telescope NuStar a NASA. 'Ka taea e mātou te kite i tētahi wāhanga hōu o te pokapū o tō mātou aorangi ki ngā whakaahua a Nustar,' i mea a Kerstin Perez o Columbia University i New York. Kāore e taea e mātou te whakamārama i te tohu X-ray i tēnei wā - he mea ngaro. He nui ake te mahi e hiahiatia ana.' Ka pau te pūngao o tētahi whetū, ka hinga ki runga i a ia anō. Ko ngā whetū neke atu i te waru ngā taumaha o tō tātou rā ka pupuhi i roto i tētahi supernova, ka mahue i muri i a rātou he whetū neutron, he poka pango rānei. Heoi, ka ngaro ngā whetū iti ake i o rātau paparanga o waho, ā, ka mahue i muri i a rātau he uho wera, matotoru <unk> e mōhiotia ana ko ngā whetū mā. He rite tonu te taumaha o te whetu ma ki tana whetu o mua engari he iti ake te rahi o te Ao ka kaha ake te taumaha i tona mata. E whakaarotia ana ka taea e rātau te tahu mō ngā tekau, rau rānei o ngā piriona tau - i taua wā ka noho rātau hei ngā ngaru pango <unk> engari i te mea kāore te ao whānui i tēnei tau, kāore he ngaru pango i te ao whānui. I a rātau e titiro ana ki te Pokapū o te Whetu, ka kitea e rātau he putanga hihi-X e ōrite ana ki te mano o ngā whetū kua mate. Ka taea hoki te tuku i ngā pūtohu mihirisekona - he whetū iraira tere te huri - he mara ā-maneta matotoru rānei. Heoi, ko ēnei whakamāramatanga katoa he wero nui ki tō tātou māramatanga i te kunenga o te whetū, o ngā...
I kitea e ngā pūtaiao o Haverford College i Pennsylvania. I kitea e rātau he putanga hihi-X e ōrite ana ki te mano o ngā ngaru ma. He whetū ēnei i mahue i muri i te pau o te pūngao o ngā whetū nui ake. Engari he aha te take o te mano o ēnei whetū i reira he mea ngaro tonu.