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How A Telescope Tragedy Led To This Amazing New X-Ray Image
The x-ray image above shows one of the Milky Way’s neighbours, the Large Magellanic Cloud. This image contains fuzzy emissions from gas, intervening stars and distance galactic cores, and the remnants of a supernova first spotted from Earth 32 years ago right at the centre, all orbiting our galaxy 158,200 light years away. But back…
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Laser-Equipped Planes Detect Turbulence Before Passengers Get Jostled
Rough weather caused by clouds and storms is easy for pilots and ground crews to spot and avoid when planning a flight route. But even perfectly clear skies can be full of invisible pockets of CAT — or clear-air turbulence — that are now easier to spot and predict thanks to a European laser-based detection…