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Old 06-October-2008, 11:00 PM
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Default Galaxy Ramming Through Space Creates Fireballs

During routine observations of the Coma Cluster of galaxies using the Subaru Telescope in Hawaii, astronomers discovered a thread-like structure stretching from one of the galaxies. The astronomers determined this filament was about 260 thousand light years long, and spectral analysis of the filament suggested a younger age toward the outer edge of the [...]

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