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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: cosmology

cosmology stories: 2 news summaries

 Massive Gamma Blast Spotted 

Explosion had force of 9,000 supernovas

Feb 20, 09 1:15 PM CST
(Newser) - The strongest-ever gamma ray blast—a burst more powerful than 9,000 exploding stars—has been detected 12.2 billion light years away in deep space, reports the Telegraph. The blast took place in September in the constellation Carina, and produced energy up to 5 billion times that of... More »

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space • deep space • Big Bang • explosion • astrophysics • cosmology • gamma rays

Solar System Is Dented: Voyager

Intrepid spacecraft finds strange bulges in the heliosphere

Dec 11, 07 9:18 AM CST
(Newser) - Far out in space, a violent boundary zone marks the point where our solar system ends and outer space begins. NASA's Voyager 2 has now confirmed what its sister ship indicated: that this region is squashed and uneven, Space.com reports. This shock wave "sloshes back and forth like... More »

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NASA • space • solar system • cosmic rays • solar wind • cosmology • Voyager 1 • Voyager 2

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