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Astronomers have discovered 21 “one in a million” binary systems in which sun-like stars orbit a hidden “dead star,” an extreme dense and compact object called a neutron star. One of the neutron stars discovered in this clutch of binaries is one of the …

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The former have been seen scattered across the universe and the latter are cosmic titans that dominate the hearts of galaxies — but when it comes to intermediate-mass black holes, scientists have seen evidence of only about ten.

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A stormy and reddish scene. An illustration of the powerful storms and clouds of silicate found in the atmosphere of the brown dwarfs. (Image credit: NASA/JPL …

Phys.Org

A dissipative time crystal is a phase of matter characterized by periodic oscillations over time, while a system is dissipating energy. In contrast with conventional time crystals, which can also occur in closed systems with no energy loss, …

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Look east before midnight on July 23 and 24 to see a waning gibbous moon close to the ringed planet.

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“After a pre-flight static fire test on Friday, a residual pad fire caused irrecoverable damage to RS1.” Comments (0). When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. long-distance shot of a rocket …

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Chandra, the world’s most powerful X-ray telescope, has been peering at black holes, stellar explosions and dark energy for a quarter-century. 25th_Anniversary_Images_2024FINAL.jpg. Astronomers released 25 new images to celebrate the 25th anniversary …

NPR

Fossilized bones from an extinct, shelled mammal offer us the latest clue about when humans arrived in South America. Scientists have long argued over when people first set foot on the continent because “the evidence is so scarce,” says Miguel Delgado, …

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An international research collaboration, including a group from Cornell Engineering, has applied a new X-ray-based reconstruction technique to observe, for the first time, topological defects in a nanoscale self-assembly-based cubic network structure …

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The cooler, denser plasma appears dark against the raging surface of the sun in this view from a NASA spacecraft. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.