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more about #chandra Don't Make Me Ang Lee. You wouldn't like me when I'm Ang Lee.: I see a planet with a shack and some guy with a cat named, oddly, The Lord. more » Anekanta - Go Play!: Hey man, spaceships are just plain cool; even God knows that :) more » stereobot: It is showing the death of Suns or stars? Because there is only one Sun since that is the name we gave to Earth's star. "Suns" in a plural sense i... more » SuperTuna: I'm looking at that picture and I can sorta see an angry parrot...or rabbit. Maybe I should have checked if I had regular flu or swine flu. And stay... more » GSDaywalker: God doesn't play dice with the universe...but it appears she does play pool. Barred spiral galaxy, left corner pocket; barred spiral galaxy right cor... more » FrankenPC: Holy carp. The only thing more astounding is the collision of two dwarf stars at near the speed of light. Talk about clacking your nutz together. more » CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard): Nice...whilst im on here. What is with the grey/black text system. Ive got bad eyesight as it is. I cant read fuck all. Secondly, whats with the star ... more » acrobatic rabbit: a galactic collision that looks like a cack 'n balls. space pron indeed. more » -
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The Center Of The Milky Way Galaxy Shows The Birth And Death Of Suns
The center of our galaxy shines in greater detail than ever before, in this new composite image from NASA's Chandra X-Ray Observatory. (Click to enlarge.) The whole gamut of stellar evolution is here, from bright young stars to black holes. More » -
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One Galaxy Smashes Into Four Others At 2 Million Miles Per Hour
Stephan's Quintet sounds like the name of a nice jazz group, but this galactic cluster, discovered 250 years ago, is actually one galaxy passing through four others at nearly 2 million miles per hour. Hence the long tails. [Chandra Observatory] -
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Galactic Cluster Collision Divides Ordinary Matter from Dark Matter
Almost six billion years ago, two of the largest gravitational structures in the universe slammed into each other with velocities in the millions of miles per hour. Galactic clusters are collections of galaxies (sometimes thousands of them) that seem to hang together in violation of the known laws of physics. Not only did this ancient collision result in a stunningly beautiful image, but it's given astrophysicists an important clue about the nature of dark matter. More » -
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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
