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May 28, 2021
FILE In this file photo from May 5, 2021, a truck passes a sign showing a need to hire laborers outside a concrete products company in Evans City, Pa. Pennsylvania will resume work search requirements in July for hundreds of thousands of people receiving unemployment compensation, a top Wolf administration official said Monday, May 24, 2021. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)
WASHINGTON (AP) Far more Americans are receiving unemployment benefits than the last time the jobless rate was at the current 6.1%, thanks to a major expansion of the federal safety net that has provided aid to millions of people out of work.
At the center of our Milky Way galaxy, threads of superheated gas and magnetic fields weave around each other to create a spectacular galactic display captured in a striking new panoramic image from NASA s Chandra X-ray Observatory.
NASA Releases Stunning New Pic of Milky Way s ‘Downtown It s a composite of 370 observations over the past two decades by the orbiting Chandra X-ray Observatory By Marcia Dunn •
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NASA has released a stunning new picture of our galaxy’s violent, super-energized “downtown.”
It s a composite of 370 observations over the past two decades by the orbiting Chandra X-ray Observatory, depicting billions of stars and countless black holes in the center, or heart, of the Milky Way. A radio telescope in South Africa also contributed to the image, for contrast. Download our NBC Washington app for iOS or Android to get alerts for local breaking news and weather.