Two giant galaxy clusters crashing into each other triggered enormous shock waves stretching 1.6 million light-years through space. The findings, revealed by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory , are … [+4834 chars]
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By Beth Mundy Scientists who study materials can be divided into three categories. “You have people who make things, people who make things do things, and people who try to understand why things do … [+9176 chars]
One of the most interesting discoveries about Earth in the past few decades concerns the Earth’s magnetic poles. Paleomagnetic records show that the poles have flipped places 183 times in the last 83… [+9478 chars]
From vivid supermoons to dazzling meteor showers, here are five upcoming and accessible celestial events that you wont want to miss. Theres something deeply humbling about watching the skies, someth… [+4536 chars]
Bryné Hadnott, MSc: To tears and applause, Dr Jamila Pegues successfully defended her thesis on protoplanetary disks to a virtually crowded Zoom room of dozens of people, becoming the first Black wom… [+6098 chars]
Induced transparency: The precise control of the energy flow (indicated by glowing particles in the fog) makes the artificial material become entirely transparent for the optical signal. Credit: Andr… [+5617 chars]
A novel freeze-dissolving approach has been devised that offers greater efficiency and sustainability compared to the classic freeze-drying process to make superfine powder or nanoparticles. … [+5926 chars]
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<li>Planck Collaboration et al. Planck 2018 results. VI. Cosmological parameters. Astron. Astrophys.641, A6 (2020). </li><li>Rees, M. J. & Ostriker, J. P. Cooling, dynamics and fragmentation of … [+59396 chars]
For many years, the human genome was viewed as a book of life in which sections of great eloquence and economy of expression were interspersed with vast stretches of gibberish. The legible sections c… [+6633 chars]
The black hole was spotted using a gravitational lensing technique (Getty) A black hole which could be four times the size of our sun has been spotted floating free through our galaxy on its own, … [+3235 chars]
