AstroCappella: High Energy Groove
More flashing and popping than you realize...
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These X-ray images of the central region of the Andromeda Galaxy were taken in June and December 2000 with the Europeon Space Agency's XMM-Newton Observatory. The newly discovered X-ray Nova and a transient supersoft X-ray pulsating source are marked by red and yellow circles respectively (courtesy of S. Trudolyubov).