Scientists have developed a new method to find black holes in the outer solar system, and along with it, determine once-and-for-all the true nature of the hypothesized Planet Nine. …read more Source:: Science
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Weighing in on the origin of heavy elements
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•Nuclear physicists conducted a physics experiment that utilizes novel techniques to study the nature and origin of heavy elements in the universe. …read more Source:: Science
Scientists restore some functions in a pig’s brain hours after death
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•Circulation and cellular activity were restored in a pig’s brain four hours after its death, a finding that challenges long-held assumptions about the timing and irreversible nature of the cessation …read more Source:: Science
Comet tails blowing in the solar wind
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•Combined observations of Comet McNaught — one of the brightest comets visible from Earth in the past 50 years — have revealed new insights on the nature of comets and …read more Source:: Science
Mammals cannot evolve fast enough to escape current extinction crisis
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•The sixth mass extinction is underway, this time caused by humans. A team of researchers have calculated that species are dying out so quickly that nature’s built-in defense mechanism, evolution, …read more Source:: Science
Unraveling the nature of ‘whistlers’ from space in the lab
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•Scientists have presented research on a curious cosmic phenomenon known as ‘whistlers’ — very low frequency packets of radio waves that race along magnetic field lines. The study provides new …read more Source:: Science
New geometric shape used by nature to pack cells efficiently
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•A multinational team of scientists have uncovered a previously undescribed shape — they call the ‘scutoid’ — adopted by epithelial cells during embryonic development that enables the cells to minimize …read more Source:: Science
TRAPPIST-1 planets provide clues to the nature of habitable worlds
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•To determine the composition of the TRAPPIST-1 planets, the team used a unique software package that uses state-of-the-art mineral physics calculators. The software, called ExoPlex, allowed the team to combine …read more Source:: Science
Galactic mystery of ultraluminous sources of x-rays
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•An astronomy team is homing in on the nature of extreme objects known as ULXs. …read more Source:: Science
Mystery of raging black hole beams penetrated
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•They are nature’s very own Death Star beams – ultra-powerful jets of energy that shoot out from the vicinity of black holes like deadly rays from the Star Wars super-weapon. …read more Source:: Science