Science

Black Hole Bends Light Back on Itself

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This illustration shows how some of the light coming from a disk around a black...

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New “refrigerator” super-cools molecules to nanokelvin temperatures

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A new “refrigerator” super-cools molecules to nanokelvin temperatures. The technique may enable...

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Origins of Earth’s magnetic field remain a mystery

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This visualization shows the magnetic field around Earth, or the magnetosphere. Earth’s...

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Jets from a Galaxy Collision

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Artist's impression of an active galaxy sporting a relativistic jet.

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New EHT Images Reveal a Writhing Relativistic Jet Deep in the Heart of Black Hole System

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New EHT Images Reveal a Writhing Relativistic Jet Deep in the Heart of Black Hole System

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Researchers pin down a quantum mechanical anomaly in electromagnetism

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Figure 1. Under electromagnetic duality, an electrically charged particle is...

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Unusual ozone hole opens over the Arctic

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Unusual ozone hole opens over the Arctic.

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What Makes Saturn's Upper Atmosphere So Hot

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Saturn and it's aurora.

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