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"path": "/star-vanishes-for-200-days-in-one-of-the-longest-cosmic-dimming-events-ever-recorded/",
"publishedAt": "2026-02-15T12:11:33.000Z",
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"Astronomy",
"Astrophysics",
"Cosmology",
"Exoplanet",
"Planetary Science",
"Royal Astronomical Society"
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"textContent": "Astronomers have reported one of the longest stellar dimming events ever recorded, with a Sun-like star fading by 97 percent for nearly 200 days. Astronomers believe one of the longest stellar dimming episodes ever recorded was caused by enormous, disk-shaped rings surrounding a hidden brown dwarf or a so-called ‘super-Jupiter’ that passed in front of [...]",
"title": "Star Vanishes for 200 Days in One of the Longest Cosmic Dimming Events Ever Recorded"
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