Wednesday, 16 May 2018

A space ant fires its lasers

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A rare phenomenon connected to the death of a star has been discovered in observations made by ESA’s Herschel space observatory: an unusual laser emission from the spectacular Ant Nebula, which suggests the presence of a double star system hidden at its heart.


via ESA Space Science
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Herschel/A_space_ant_fires_its_lasers

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