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Article: MYSTERIOUS BURSTS OF COSMIC ENERGY MAY BE FROM DYING STAR IN BINARY SYSTEM.(News/National/International)
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- Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
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- February 24, 1996
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Byline: John Noble Wilford The New York Times
NEW YORK -- A cosmic mystery has literally burst on the astronomical scene.
A phenomenon near the center of the Milky Way galaxy is emitting rapid but erratic blasts of high-energy radiation unlike anything observed before by astronomers.
The object was first detected by its gamma rays and X-rays and may now have been observed in radio, infrared and optical wavelengths. Scientists at the University of Chicago and Northwestern University said Thursday that the strange behavior may be the last gasps of a dying star.
They think the bursts are actually coming from two stars locked in orbit ...