Astronomers have captured images of the inner rims of planet-forming disks located hundreds of light years away. These disks of dust and gas, similar in shape to a music record, …read more Source:: Science
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NASA missions help reveal the power of shock waves in a nova explosion
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•Unparalleled observations of a nova outburst in 2018 by a trio of satellites, including two NASA missions, have captured the first direct evidence that shock waves powered most of the …read more Source:: Science
Deepest optical image of first neutron star merger
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•Astronomers have painstakingly constructed the afterglow of GW170817, the historic neutron star merger captured in 2017, using images from the Hubble Space Telescope. …read more Source:: Science
Subaru Telescope captures 1800 exploding stars
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•The Subaru Telescope has captured images of more than 1800 exploding stars in the Universe, some located 8 billion light years from Earth. …read more Source:: Science
Researchers tap rare pristine air to reveal pollution’s impact
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•Human-caused pollution spurs the production of climate-changing particles known as secondary organic aerosols much more than previously thought. Researchers made the finding by analyzing air samples that were captured aboard …read more Source:: Science
Birth of a black hole or neutron star captured for first time
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•After combining several imaging sources, including hard X-rays and radiowaves, a team now speculates that the telescopes captured the exact moment a star collapsed to form a compact object, such …read more Source:: Science
New battery gobbles up carbon dioxide
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•New technology could use carbon dioxide captured from power plants to make a new kind of lithium battery. …read more Source:: Science
Wild animals were routinely captured and traded in ancient Mesoamerica
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•New evidence from the Maya city of Copan, in Honduras, reveals that ancient Mesoamericans routinely captured and traded wild animals for symbolic and ritual purposes, according to a new study. …read more Source:: Science
Mutations in this molecule may have helped mammoths tolerate the cold
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•Biomedical researchers have captured close-up views of TRPV3, a skin-cell ion channel that plays important roles in sensing temperature, itch, and pain. …read more Source:: Science
Latest nanowire experiment boosts confidence in Majorana sighting
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•In the latest experiment of its kind, researchers have captured the most compelling evidence to date that unusual particles lurk inside a special kind of superconductor. The result confirms theoretical …read more Source:: Science