Astrophysics in 2006

@article{Trimble2007AstrophysicsI2,
  title={Astrophysics in 2006},
  author={Virginia Trimble and Markus J. Aschwanden and Carl J. Hansen},
  journal={Space Science Reviews},
  year={2007},
  volume={132},
  pages={1-182}
}
Abstract The fastest pulsar and the slowest nova; the oldest galaxies and the youngest stars; the weirdest life forms and the commonest dwarfs; the highest energy particles and the lowest energy photons. These were some of the extremes of Astrophysics 2006. We attempt also to bring you updates on things of which there is currently only one (habitable planets, the Sun, and the Universe) and others of which there are always many, like meteors and molecules, black holes and binaries.  
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