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MIT researchers have developed a new cryptocurrency that drastically reduces the data users need to…
A gigantic cavity — two-thirds the area of Manhattan and almost 1,000 feet (300 meters)…
Scientists have charted the environment surrounding a stellar-mass black hole that is 10 times the…
A new study using data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and ESA’s XMM-Newton suggests that…
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This striking image combines data gathered with the Advanced Camera for Surveys, installed on the…
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Data recorded by NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory of a neutron star as it passed through…
A new study led by Yale University astronomers tells the story of a galaxy that…