This dead star is bursting back to life

It would appear that a distant star has sprung back to life after its explosive death, blasting out repeated energetic flares over a period of several months that are like nothing astronomers have seen before.

Not Dead Yet.... Twas But A Flesh Wound?

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This dead star is bursting back to life

"No one really knew what to say. We had never seen anything like that before  —  something so fast, and the brightness as strong as the original explosion months later."

^{Robert Lea (Space)}