Doug Welch Quotes
We were comparing images taken of the same patch of sky at different times to locate brightening or dimming stars. But we saw something we didn't expect - dim streaks of light that moved from year to year.
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This is a Rosetta Stone finding. Usually, we're limited to studying the current snapshot of the heavens. For the first time, we have the opportunity to study the original light from the outburst and the debris left behind centuries later in the same way that archeologists make links with ancient civilizations.
- Doug Welch
