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08-April-2005, 07:12 AM

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Giant X-Ray Loop Hints At Cosmic Particle Accelerator

Interesting....as usual, from here

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Astronomers have found a vast loop-like structure, 20 light years across, adjacent to the most massive star-forming region known in our galaxy.

Don't know if it quite deserves the label "accelerator"...

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