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Space Pinwheel Could Kill Us All With Gamma Rays

In what can only be described as a storyline that sounds more appropriate in a science fiction film than a news story, scientists are reporting that a "pinwheel" in outer space, 8,000 light years away, could potentially kill us all with a burst of gamma ray radiation. The spiral appearance is actually formed by two orbiting stars pulling each other apart slowly, contributing solar gasses in a ...