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    Jan 1, 2008 9:50 AM 2,454
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    The Center Of The Milky Way Galaxy Shows The Birth And Death Of Suns

    One Galaxy Smashes Into Four Others At 2 Million Miles Per Hour

    Galactic Cluster Collision Divides Ordinary Matter from Dark Matter
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    The Largest Nuclear Explosion In History

    A star 150 times larger than our own sun detonated in the biggest supernova ever recorded, as shown in this NASA illustration from May. This appears to be a new type of supernova, one which obliterates a massive star instead of creating a black hole. Photo by M. Weiss/NASA/CXC via Getty Images


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