The week in pictures: February 2–8, 2013
In the past seven days, astronomers discovered strobe-like flashes in a suspected binary protostar, amateur and professional astronomers teamed up to produce one of the best views yet of nearby spiral galaxy M106, NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft acquired its first images of Comet ISON, and more.
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February 8, 2013February 2–8, 2013
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NASA/ESA/J. Muzerolle (STScI)/E. Furlan (NOAO and Caltech)/K. Flaherty (Univ. of Arizona/Steward Observatory)/Z. Balog (MPIA)/R. Gutermuth (Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst)
Telescopes discover strobe-like flashes in a suspected binary protostar Astronomers propose the light flashes are caused by periodic
interactions between two newly formed stars that are gravitationally
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