Hidden galaxy bursting with baby stars, X-ray fireworks, and cosmic energy

Although this spiral galaxy appears unremarkable from afar, NGC 7456 is bursting with newborn stars and glowing gas, providing researchers with insight into galactic evolution.
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Forget July 4th. New Year’s Eve illegal fireworks booming in L.A. ‘It’s a nightmare’

The New Year’s holiday is rivaling the Fourth of July when it comes to setting off illegal fireworks, a dangerous practice that is also adding to air pollution, officials said.

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Social services center opening to offer help to victims of South L.A. fireworks explosion

A second resource center will open Monday to assist the victims of a June 30 explosion in South Los Angeles, where police detonated a cache of illegal fireworks.

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60 storage bins full of fireworks found at Ontario home that exploded, left two dead

About five dozen containers, each holding the equivalent of 27 gallons, were found crammed with unexploded pyrotechnics during cleanup the day after the explosion, officials said.

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