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A Tour of IGR J11014-6103
This object is a pulsar, the spinning dense core that remains after a massive star has exploded and collapsed.
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-- Runaway Pulsar Firing an Extraordinary Jet
This object is a pulsar, the spinning dense core that remains after a massive star has exploded and collapsed.
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-- Runaway Pulsar Firing an Extraordinary Jet
Space Scoop: Super-Sized Space Spider!
Astronomers had to combine observations made with two space telescopes to create this photo.
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Astronomers had to combine observations made with two space telescopes to create this photo.
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A New Look at an Old Friend
This galaxy, at a distance of about 12 million light years from Earth, contains a gargantuan jet blasting away from a central supermassive black hole.
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This galaxy, at a distance of about 12 million light years from Earth, contains a gargantuan jet blasting away from a central supermassive black hole.
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Space Scoop: I Can See Your Halo
Light from the nearest star outside our solar system has to travel through empty black space for 4.2 years before it reaches our eyes.
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-- I Can See Your Halo
Light from the nearest star outside our solar system has to travel through empty black space for 4.2 years before it reaches our eyes.
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Space Scoop: A Flare for the Dramatic
Magnetars are some of the most extreme objects known in the Universe. These stars were given their name because they are very strong magnets.
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-- A Flare for the Dramatic
Magnetars are some of the most extreme objects known in the Universe. These stars were given their name because they are very strong magnets.
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-- A Flare for the Dramatic