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Filling the sails

Julie Machado from Auckland, New Zealand The Gum Nebula is the largest emission nebula by apparent size, spanning 36° of the ...
The picture was taken last month and selected by local school children to be released to mark the special occasion.
A high-altitude balloon telescope has revealed new patterns in X-rays emitted near the black hole Cygnus X-1. These signals ...