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A new image from the European Space Agency's (ESA) XMM-Newton X-ray 'scope gives a nice view of the wild party at the Milky Way's "tumultuous heart". The XMM-Newton image of the Milky Way's centre The snap spans around one thousand light-years and was compiled from all XMM-Newton probes of the area, "adding up to about one …

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  1. Anonymous Coward
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    Labels ?

    I cannot work out which blur is"The bright, fuzzy source to the right of the image centre."

    Would adding a label kill you ?

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    1. Lester Haines (Written by Reg staff) Gold badge
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      Re: Labels ?

      Talk to ESA - I agree thing needs labels.

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    2. Bunbury
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      Re: Labels ?

      The ESA article in full narrows it down a bit. See all the complicated tricksy lights in the middle? It seems it's the collection of bright bits on the right hand side of that, surrounded by the expanding ring of materials.

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  2. sandman

    Fire up another spliff

    Wow man, I last saw lights like that at a Hawkwind gig in 19** - freakin cosmic ;-)

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  3. Ugotta B. Kiddingme

    What is Matt holding

    And why is it not a pipe? He's wearing a proper coat for boffinry but the pipe is curiously absent.

    EDIT: After a bit of digital zoomery, I conclude it COULD be our intrepid LOHAN pilot, presumably antsy from all this waiting for launch, but difficult to tell. The secondary question, however, stands. It should be a pipe.

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