Wednesday, April 5, 2017

Mysterious cosmic explosion surprises astronomers studying the distant x-ray universe

04/05/2017 03:09 PM EDT

x-ray image of the Chandra Deep Field-South

A mysterious flash of X-rays has been discovered by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory in the deepest X-ray image ever obtained. This source likely comes from some sort of destructive event, but it may be of a variety that scientists have never seen before.


Full story at http://science.psu.edu/news-and-events/2017-news/Brandt3-2017

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Penn State


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