New 1.5 billion pixel image shows the Running Chicken Nebula in unprecedented detail

New 1.5 billion pixel image shows the Running Chicken Nebula in unprecedented detail

The Running Chicken Nebula is made up of multiple clouds, all of which can be seen in this huge image from the VLT Survey Telescope (VST) hosted at ESO’s Paranal …

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Pancake stacks of radiation-sensitive film capture most accurate image of star’s gamma-ray beam

Pancake stacks of radiation-sensitive film capture most accurate image of star's gamma-ray beam

A balloon carrying a cable car with a telescope takes off from Alice Springs, Australia.Image source: GRAINE collaboration A stack of radioactive-sensitive films carried through the sky by a balloon …

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