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Birthday · October 23, 1995

Gamma-Ray Quasars

October 23, 1995

You are a way for the cosmos to know itself, Carl Sagan once said. On your birthday, the cosmos got to know itself a little better.

Gamma-Ray Quasars

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APOD published October 23, 1995. Full image credits are on the original APOD entry below. A publication-date match, not a photo taken on your date. Independent of NASA.

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Gamma-Ray Quasars

Original APOD · October 23, 1995

Gamma rays are more than 10,000 times more energetic than visible light.

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