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25 April 2010
GOODS, Under Astronomers' AEGIS, Produce GEMS
No, not really (but I got all three key words into the title in a way that sorta makes sense). Astronomers, like most scientists, just love acronyms; unfortunately, like most acronyms, on their own the ones astronomers use make no sense to non-astronomers. And sometimes not even when written in full: GOODS = Great Observatories Origins Survey; OK [...]
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21 February 2008
Pulsars are Exploding Unexpectedly and "Magnetars" Might be to Blame
Pulsars are fast-spinning, highly radiating neutron stars. Most pulsars emit radio, X-ray and gamma radiation at regular intervals (usually periods of a few milliseconds to a few seconds), in fact many pulses keep the accuracy of the most accurate atomic clocks on Earth. However, occasionally, these rapidly rotating bodies undergo a violent change, blasting massive [...]
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