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All high energy astrophysics stories

'Wintering-over' at the South Pole

Solitude, beauty, discovery full story»

Taking a CAT scan of the early universe

Will revolutionize study of young universe full story»

Young star caught speeding

Moving 40 times faster than a speeding bullet full story»

Astronomers link gamma-ray bursts, supernovae

In best tradition of crime scene investigators, researchers put together clues full story»

X-ray arcs tell tale of giant eruption

Discovery can help astronomers better understand violent outbursts full story»

Astronomers take the measure of dark matter in the universe

Important step made toward determining universe's total matter density full story»

Young pulsar reveals clues to supernova

Differs in behavior from Crab Nebula pulsar, which has been considered the model for all pulsars full story»

A quasar's identity may simply be in eye of beholder

Angle of vision makes some quasars appear "shrouded" full story»

Dark night sky tells us about structure and formation of solar system

Researchers set new limits on amount of material in outer reaches of solar system full story»

Astronomers resolve visible blast wave from gamma-ray burst

Team focuses light from gamma-ray event halfway across the universe full story»

Mystery of cometary X-rays solved

Comets previously were thought to be too cold to emit X-rays full story»

Nebula resembles gigantic cosmic crossbow

Chandra reveals compact nebula created by shooting neutron star full story»
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