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thegeekgroup: Today in 1997, a flash of gamma rays struck Earth for 80 seconds, providing early evidence that gamma-ray bursts occur beyond the Milky Way.

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cosmosscience asked: Wow.. New favourite blog. Your blog is amazing! I really want to study astrophysics and astronomy, when I'm old enough.

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Neutron Star in Cassiopeia A This brief animation shows Cassiopeia A, the remains of a massive star 11,000 light years away from Earth, along with an illustrated inset of a neutron star within the supernova. X-rays from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory are shown in red, green and blue along with optical data from the Hubble Space Telescope in gold. Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/xx; Optical:...

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Hotspots in Fountains on the Sun's Surface Help...

Among the many constantly moving, appearing, disappearing and generally explosive events in the sun’s atmosphere, there exist giant plumes of gas — as wide as a state and as long as Earth — that zoom up from the sun’s surface at 150,000 miles per hour. Known as spicules, these are one of several phenomena known to transfer energy and heat throughout the sun’s...

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