04-March-2008, 08:45 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2001
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Gamma ray (probably) pointed to us
The news
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SYDNEY: A spectacular, rotating binary star system is a ticking time bomb, ready to throw out a searing beam of high-energy gamma rays – and Earth may be right in the line of fire.
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