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Further study of bright gamma-ray burst GRB 230307A shows it was caused by neutron stars merging

An international team of astronomers and astrophysicists has found evidence that the bright gamma-ray burst GRB 230307A observed last year was caused by two neutron stars merging, not from a collapsing massive star. In their study, published in the journal Nature, the group analyzed data from both the Hubble Space Telescope and the James Webb […]

Accelerator-on-a-chip advance steers and accelerates electrons at the microchip scale

Stanford researchers are getting closer to building a tiny electron accelerator based on “accelerator-on-a-chip” technology with broad potential applications in studying physics as well as medical and industrial uses.

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Observations explore radio jet of a powerful quasar

European astronomers have conducted very long baseline interferometric (VLBI) observations of a radio jet structure in a powerful quasar known as PKS 2215+020. The collected VLBI data provide important insights into the properties of this jet, suggesting that PKS 2215+020 is a blazar. The findings were presented February 17 in the Universe journal.

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3,000 years ago, the mysterious ‘Sea Peoples’ civilization was wiped out by ‘World War Zero’

According to researchers, some 3,000 years ago, the mysterious ‘flourishing’ Bronze Age civilization from the Eastern Mediterranean called the ‘Sea Peoples’ suddenly vanished from history. Artistic reconstruction of Late Bronze Age Troy (VIIa) as described by Guido de Columnis, Historia Destructionis Troiae (5.100-245) in 1287 (© Christoph Haußner)

According to a new study, based […]

A total solar eclipse will be visible to millions of Americans in April: Here’s how to view it

Paul Maley has spent much of his life chasing solar eclipses.

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Filmmaker on a mission wants to put astronaut Sally Ride statue in Central Florida

Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex is home to one. Space Center Houston is another.

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Japan Moon lander revives after lunar night

Japan’s Moon lander has produced another surprise by waking up after the two-week lunar night, the country’s space agency said Monday.

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Loud vocals recorded near East Fork Lake — 20 miles East of Cincinnati (Report 70702)

Class B; September 2021; Ohio, Clermont County

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The Greatest Smithsonian Cover up: The Giant Skeletons of Wisconsin

„…“PRESUMABLY THOSE OF MEN, ARE MUCH LARGER THAN THE HEADS OF ANY RACE WHICH INHABIT AMERICA TO-DAY…”

Legends and ancient writings speak of gigantic beings inhabiting Earth in the distant past. Interestingly, these stories occur in almost all ancient cultures and civilizations. We can find stories in many mythologies of the ancient world: Greek, […]

A mass of 17 billion suns: Growing black hole is the most luminous object ever observed by astronomers

A new study published in Nature Astronomy describes the most luminous object ever observed by astronomers. It is a black hole with a mass of 17 billion Suns, swallowing a greater amount of mass than the sun every single day.

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Earth’s early evolution: Fresh insights from rocks formed 3.5 billion years ago

Our Earth is around 4.5 billion years old. Way back in its earliest years, vast oceans dominated. There were frequent volcanic eruptions and, because there was no free oxygen in the atmosphere, there was no ozone layer. It was a dynamic and evolving planet.

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Calif. sheriff’s shooting range gets $10 million upgrade to create dynamic training space

The center was renovated to take out individual shooting lanes and create an open space for law enforcement officers to test in dynamic situations and to train their eyes to watch multiple spots

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A ‘huge’ lost ancient Mayan city ‘discovered’ in Central America by teenager

A teenager from Canada has ‘discovered’ what researchers are calling one of the largest, previously unknown ancient cities belonging to the Maya.

A Canadian teenager called William Gadoury surely will become one of the youngest archaeologists to ever find a lost ancient city. The teenager found a very particular method to locate a Mayan […]

S.C. Law Enforcement Division scientists get new, more than $60M crime lab

The new Forensic Services Laboratory 117,672 square feet of office and lab space; its 152 staffers work with the nearly 300 law enforcement agencies in the state

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Bill in Calif. legislature would require an armed SRO in every school

“California has experienced 96 school shootings between 2018 and 2023. If we want to get serious about preventing school shootings … we need good guys, and girls, with guns, ready to act,” Assemblyman Bill Essayli said

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