Chandra: Tiny Star Unleashes Gargantuan Beam of Matter and Antimatter

Chandra issued an image and press release on March 14, 2022, "Tiny Star Unleashes Gargantuan Beam of Matter and Antimatter”.  A city-sized collapsed star has generated a beam of matter and antimatter that stretches for trillions of miles. Data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory revealed the full extent of this beam, or filament. This discovery could help explain the presence of positrons detected throughout the Milky Way galaxy and here on Earth.  Positrons are the antimatter counterpart to the electron.

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Chandra Gargantuan Beam
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