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NASA diagnoses fracture in a 'huge cosmic bone' using X-ray observatory
Have you ever had an X-ray taken of your bones? Well, so has the Milky Way. NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory regularly images ...
Chandra diagnoses cause of fracture in galactic 'bone'
Astronomers have discovered a likely explanation for a fracture in a huge cosmic "bone" in the Milky Way galaxy, using NASA's ...
Cosmic Broken 'Bone' Caused by Pulsar Hit-and-Run, NASA Satellite Reveals
The careening star blasted through the galactic filament, known as "the Snake," at a zippy 1–2 million miles per hour.
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Astronomers give explanation for fracture in Milky Way’s cosmic ‘bone’
Astronomers have discovered a likely explanation for a fracture in a huge cosmic "bone" in the Milky Way. Using NASA’s ...
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A speeding pulsar may have ‘broken’ this cosmic bone
NASA’s Chandra X-Ray Observatory helped diagnose the cause behind a large kink in a huge filament near the center of the ...
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Hairline Fracture Causes and What Recovery Looks Like
A stress and a hairline fracture are the same injury, most often affecting the foot or leg. Learn what could speed up healing ...
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NASA’s Chandra Diagnoses Cause of Fracture in Galactic “Bone”
X-ray: NASA/CXC/Northwestern Univ./F. Yusef-Zadeh et al; Radio: NRF/SARAO/MeerKat; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/N. Wolk The bone appears to have been struck by a fast-moving, rapidly spinning ...
Arctic fossils reveal world's oldest salmon and carp relatives
Most people picture the time of dinosaurs as a steamy, tropical world. But during the Late Cretaceous period, northern Alaska ...
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Mega collision in Milky Way galaxy fractured its bone. We have a picture
The fracture is likely caused by a pulsar that smashed into G359.13 at a speed between one million and two million miles per ...
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Spinning star may have cracked a giant galactic “bone”
Astronomers using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and powerful radio telescopes have likely solved a cosmic mystery—what ...
What Cracked The Milky Way's Giant Cosmic Bone? Scientists Think They Know.
The assailant, seen right at the point of the break, could be a fast-spinning neutron star, known as a pulsar. Scientists ...
Why do some people get a curved back as they age and what can be done to avoid it?
As we age, it's common to notice posture changes: shoulders rounding, head leaning forward, back starting to curve. You might ...