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Now when we shed light
on the black hole mystery.
SN1979C is the nearest
location where the birth
of a black hole has
been observed.
NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space
Telescope has unveiled an
unknown structure
centered in the Milky Way.
A light year is defined
as the distance light
travels in one year.
If this were just a
supernova that had exploded
into the surrounding material
its brightness would have
decreased with time.
What we are looking at in this
particular case is the youngest
nearby black hole.
Write a creative short story
documenting an Astronauts
encounter with a black hole.
The Chandra X-ray Observatory
is the most powerful
and most sensitive X-ray
telescope ever launched.
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