Nation IN BRIEF : TEXAS : Endeavour Crew Gauges Star’s Effects
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Astronomers used the space shuttle Endeavour’s ultraviolet telescopes to gauge the effects of a star that exploded 20,000 years ago. Astronauts pointed the instruments toward a supernova known as the Cygnus Loop to determine how shock waves from the long-ago explosion are affecting clouds of interstellar dust, officials at the Houston Space Center said. That interaction is believed to be a major factor in the evolution of stars.
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