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Astronomers using the U.S. National Science Foundation Very Large Array (NSF VLA) have detected an extraordinary burst of radio light from a rare cosmic event in which an intermediate-mass black hole tears apart a star, revealing what appears to be the off-axis afterglow of a powerful jet. The research is published in The Astrophysical Journal […]
Quantum computers, devices that store and process information leveraging the principles of quantum mechanics, have been found to be promising for tackling some problems that cannot be solved by classical computers. Quantum computers store data in the form of qubits (i.e., quantum bits), units of information that can exist in combinations of different states, instead […]
In 2024, a U.S. government official warned that Russia could be developing a new satellite designed to carry nuclear weapons into space. The statement followed the launch of a suspicious Russian satellite into low-Earth orbit in 2022, just a few weeks before the country’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
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The teen suspects are accused of shooting water bead guns and drinking while riding in the autonomous vehicle; the Waymo contacted San Mateo Police and waited in a parking lot until they arrived
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When two black holes orbit each other, they eventually spiral inward and collide in one of the most violent phenomena in the universe. The event is so energetic that it significantly distorts the universe around it. It emits gravitational waves—ripples in the fabric of spacetime—that are strong enough to be detected with precision instruments on […]
Hayabusa 2’s primary mission is now well in the past. JAXA’s asteroid-sampling spacecraft rendezvoused with asteroid Ryugu in June 2018. It studied the asteroid for 1.5 years and gathered a sample that was returned to Earth in December 2020.
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Astronomers studying a population of unusually X-ray-silent and overmassive black holes discovered by the James Webb Space Telescope have found that they may not be as massive as they appear. The new paper, outlining a plausible scenario that would produce such black holes, was published in Astronomy & Astrophysics on June 19.
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Day will briefly turn into night across a swath of northern Spain on Aug. 12, when the moon will completely cover the sun during a rare total solar eclipse.
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As a child, Enrique Bordallo would gaze in awe at the starry night sky in rural Spain. Next month’s solar eclipse has now made his passion a popular obsession.
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A team of researchers led by Felipe Herrera, a professor at the University of Santiago and a researcher at the Millennium Institute for Research in Optics (MIRO), has identified a quantum phenomenon that enables chemical bonds to be broken using significantly less energy than is normally required.
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Following its longest hibernation period ever of nearly a year, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has emerged in good health and is ready to begin transmitting science data gathered in the distant Kuiper Belt far beyond Pluto.
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The galaxy Centaurus A is about 11 million light-years away and is the fifth-brightest galaxy in the sky. Because it’s so bright, it’s been studied extensively by amateur and professional astronomers alike. Also called NGC 5128, it’s a starburst galaxy, meaning it’s forming stars at a rapid rate.
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Det. Robert Karroll was shot in the back of the vest as officers confronted an 18-year-old suspect who shot into a passing car before approaching an unmarked NYPD vehicle
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Orange County Sheriff’s Office deputies retreated toward the street and repeatedly ordered the woman to drop the knife, but she refused and ran toward them, shouting “I’ll kill you”
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Researchers from The Grainger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have developed the first magnetic multipole-based micromagnetic model for antiferromagnets. Published in Applied Physics Reviews, their generalized framework provides a theoretical and computational foundation for designing future spintronic devices made with antiferromagnetic materials.
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