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Offline sam

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Space Pictures This Week: Shuttle Launch, Green Flash
« on: May 01, 2011, 20:54 »
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In 1572, people on Earth saw the bright light of a supernova. Now, by combining different intensities of x-ray data, scientists using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory have created a new image of the debris left from that explosion, which hints at the origins of the cosmic blast.


http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/04/pictures/110428-best-space-pictures-shuttle-green-flash-142/
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Offline Clive

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Re: Space Pictures This Week: Shuttle Launch, Green Flash
« Reply #1 on: May 01, 2011, 21:17 »
The green flash is a rarity!   :o
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Re: Space Pictures This Week: Shuttle Launch, Green Flash
« Reply #2 on: May 01, 2011, 22:42 »
Out on a Limb is cool!
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Re: Space Pictures This Week: Shuttle Launch, Green Flash
« Reply #3 on: May 02, 2011, 08:55 »
Isn't it. :)
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