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Published online 13 June 2006 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news060612-3

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Goodness gracious, great ball of fire

A vast eructation hurtles through distant space.

Astronomers have spotted a huge cloud of fiery gas speeding through a distant cluster of galaxies. They say it is the biggest object of its kind ever seen.

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