NASA's Fermi telescope detected the very first gamma-ray eclipses in a spider star system. Using information from NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, scientists have identified the first gamma-ray eclipses from a "spider" binary star system.
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Waking the Leviathan
The story of how James S.A. Corey’s The Expanse went from game concept to blockbuster TV series
, before Syfy debuted its adaptation of the series in December. I’m reprinting it now with some minor edits.
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It’s March 2015, and I am standing on the bridge of a starship. The crew work stations look worn, the walls are covered with warning signs, and the grated floor looks like something designed to be functional. If I didn’t know better, I’d think that I was standing on a real ship, hurtling through space. Instead, I am on the set of a new television series, a location that, until now, only existed in words on a page.