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X-rays leaking from dead stars could breathe new life into a hypothetical particle theory, plus an ancient Titanic force may have helped twist Saturn’s axis.
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X-rays leaking from dead stars could breathe new life into a hypothetical particle theory, plus an ancient Titanic force may have helped twist Saturn’s axis.
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eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-01/dbnl-sxs011421.php
journals.aps.org/prl/pdf/10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.021102
arxiv.org/pdf/1910.02956.pdf
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jpl.nasa.gov/edu/learn/video/dancing-uranus
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Titan_in_true_color.jpg
solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/179/colorful-colossuses-and-changing-hues/?category=moons/saturn-moons_titan
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![There’s a Rectangle Galaxy?
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Youre probably used to real galaxies having curves, except not all of them seem to have gotten the memo.
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https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_448.html There’s a Rectangle Galaxy?](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ogU1NnTIa8Q/mqdefault.jpg)


