Geminga

Geminga photographed by Chandra and Spitzer space telescopes in X-Ray and IR.

Geminga is a neutron star located around 800 light years from the Sun in the constellation Gemini. The star's name, attributed by its discoverer Giovanni Bignami, is both a contraction of Gemini gamma-ray source, and a transcription of the words gh'è minga, meaning "it is not there" in the Milanese dialect of Lombard.

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