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NASAโ€™s Chandra Diagnoses Cause of Fracture in Galactic โ€œBoneโ€

NASAโ€™s Chandra Diagnoses Cause of Fracture in Galactic โ€œBoneโ€ Astronomers have discovered a likely explanation for a fracture in a huge cosmic “bone” in the Milky Way galaxy using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and radio telescopes. The bone, called G359.13 or “The Snake”, was struck by a fast-moving, rapidly spinning neutron star (pulsar) at speeds […]

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