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This could be an optical illusion--or perhaps the result of some physical phenomenon such as spherical shock waves colliding or cosmic strings.
How about crescent stars? (Letters) by Bresnick, Barton M. / Science News
The theoretical field is thick with candidates such as magnetic monopoles--particles with a single north or south pole--and endless wires of tightly bunched energy called cosmic strings (SN: 12/7/96, p.
Another slinky candidate for galaxy seeds by Weiss, Peter Ulrich / Science News
Proposals on a growing list range from decaying superheavy particles in this galaxy to colliding cosmic strings of energy stretching across all of space.
Birth zone shrinks for top cosmic rays by Weiss, Peter Ulrich / Science News
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