For twenty years astronomers have wondered what is responsible for the X-ray emission from the centre of our Galaxy. New data from the sharpest X-ray eye around — the Chandra observatory — reveal all.
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Eckart, A. X-rays reveal the Galaxy's centre. Nature 415, 128–129 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/415128a
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