[ad_1] The night sky looks serene, but the telescopes tell us that the universe is filled with collisions and explosions. Long and violent events signal their presence by spitting light and particles …
Read More »"Faster than the Illusion of Light Speed" – A strange star system of the Milky Way emitting gamma rays from an exotic object
[ad_1] Posted on 3 Oct. 2018 "The SS 433 is an unusual star system and every year, something new has appeared," said Segev BenZvi, a physicist at the University of Rochester. "This …
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[ad_1] La lumière à haute énergie émise par les bords d'un système d'étoiles «étrange» dans notre galaxie a été détectée pour la première fois. La source de ces signaux est un microquasar …
Read More »Mountaintop observatory sees gamma rays from exotic Milky Way object
[ad_1] The High-Altitude Water Cherenkov Gamma-Ray Observatory (HAWC) is a detector designed to look at gamma-ray emission coming from astronomical objects such as supernova remnants, quasars and rotating dense stars called pulsars. …
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