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Jan 12 • 4 months ago

NASA launches new mission to get the most out of the James Webb Space Telescope

"It was not recognized how serious a problem that is until... about 2017 or 2018." ...

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Nov 10 • 6 months ago

Runaway black hole mergers may have built supermassive black holes

Early superdense star clusters may have planted seeds for monster black holes. ...

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Nov 07 • 6 months ago

Next-generation black hole imaging may help us understand gravity better

But the differences are likely to be subtle, so it won't be easy. ...

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Oct 01 • 7 months ago

Researchers find a carbon-rich moon-forming disk around giant exoplanet

Lots of carbon molecules but little sign of water in a super-Jupiter's disk. ...

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Sep 11 • 8 months ago

New black hole merger bolsters Hawking area theorem

Physicists spliced merger's gravitational signal into isolated frequencies to determine surface areas. ...

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