Science

Runaway Star Might Explain Black Hole's Disappearing Act

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This illustration shows a black hole surrounded by a disk of gas. In the left panel, a streak of debris falls toward the...

How colliding neutron stars could shed light on Universal mysteries

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How colliding neutron stars could shed light on Universal mysteries

Cases of Black Hole Mistaken Identity

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Cases of Black Hole Mistaken Identity

In a first, astronomers watch a black hole’s corona disappear, then reappear

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This diagram shows how a shifting feature, called a corona, can create a flare of X-rays...

Charm Quarks Offer Clues to Confinement

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A collision of gold nuclei recorded by the Berkeley Lab-built Heavy Flavor Tracker (...

Keeping Watch

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Keeping Watch

Objects in the night

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Objects in the night

Scientists Successfully Demonstrate a New Experiment in the Search for Theorized ‘Neutrinoless’ Process

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The CUPID-Mo detector is installed in the Edelweiss cryostat at Modane Underground...