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<\/p>\nSTARS that seemed to disappear from the sky 71 years ago are still missing and scientists do not have an explanation.<\/p>\n
The alledged stars were spotted by the Palomar observatory in California on July 19, 1952, during a photographic survey – but it only took about an hour for the mystery to occur.<\/p>\n
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A photo of the night sky was taken at 8:52pm and the light of three stars can be seen altogether.<\/p>\n
However, another photo was taken at 9:45pm and the three stars were gone.<\/p>\n
The findings were reported on by Universe Today on Saturday.<\/p>\n
The stars completely vanished and could not be detected again, baffling everyone.<\/p>\n
The mystery is that stars do not just vanish from the sky without explanation.<\/p>\n
But scientists had no other way to put it other than they were there and then they simply were not.<\/p>\n
There have been a few different suggestions about what could have happened to the stars.<\/p>\n
But nothing is certain.<\/p>\n
<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Scientists have suggested that it may just be one star that had a short period of brightening from a fast radio burst.<\/p>\n Along with a possible massive black hole passing by in that hour and sucking them up.<\/p>\n Other suggestions say that one star could have possibly exploded.<\/p>\n Although, all of these suggestions would be a very rare occurrence.<\/p>\n Another possible scenario is that they were not stars at all.<\/p>\n There has been the idea that they could have been Oort cloud objects (an icy body that lives between stars) that brightened due to an event and drifted off.<\/p>\n Lastly, scientists have pointed to the possibility that the stars were not stars or objects.<\/p>\n There is a suggestion that the three clustered spots could have just been radioactive dust.<\/p>\n This could have occurred due to the Palomar Observatory being near a nuclear weapon testing sight in the New Mexico Desert.<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/JW_CELEB_JUNGLE_COMP.jpg\")
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