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sirbiotech
03-08-2002, 12:39 AM
march 7, 2002: every 45 minutes a gigawatt pulse of x-rays courses
through the solar system.

astronomers using the chandra x-ray observatory have spotted a
mysterious pulsing x-ray beacon near the north pole of the giant
planet.

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2002/07mar_jupiterpuzzle.htm?
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