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Main Site  X-treme Dreams  October 4, 1999 ::  Chandra X-ray of
Crab Nebula Chandra X-ray image of the Crab Nebula It was a slow
night, 2:23:12 a.m. on the graveyard shift at the Chandra
Operations Center. A long observation of the Crab Nebula was in
progress. Henrietta Photon, duty scientist for this shift, was
seated at the console, watching data come in while she doodled
on a pad trying to sketch out some of the consequences of
p-brane theory for the tearing of space-time inside a black
hole. From time to time, she would glance at the monitor as the
X-ray image of the Crab Nebula took form. She yawned and smiled.
It was spectacular.  A low rumble rolled through the building.
"Those weirdos on the eighth floor are at it again," thought
Henrietta, and wondere