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This black hole collision produced the first gravitational waves ever heard
Physicists just confirmed the first detection in a signal that came from a cataclysmic collision be…
Kelly Dickerson
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A three-way collision of galaxies has given birth to a monstrous black hole
But the galaxy in question, IRAS 20100-4156, appears to be made up of three separate spiral galaxie…
Ali Sundermier
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The first discovery of 2 colliding black holes just fundamentally changed our perception of the universe
Now, that is a whopping, enormous amount of energy. To compare, theoretical physicist Luboš Motl ca…
Jessica Orwig
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This revolutionary discovery could help scientists see black holes for the first time
Not even light can escape black holes, which means they're invisible to any of the instruments astr…
Jessica Orwig
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Scientists have detected colliding black holes for the 2nd time - and it's going to revolutionize our perception of the universe
"Without sound you wouldn't detect all the life in the jungle," Stefano Vitale, Principal Investiga…
Ali Sundermier
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A millennial couple details how they went from $150,000 in debt to a net worth of $1.5 million in a decade without elite jobs or risky investments
Lawrence Delva-Gonzalez grew his net worth through investing heavily in retirement accounts, buying…
Noah Sheidlower
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Astronomers are baffled after spotting strange cosmic flares that have 10 billion times more power than the sun
Astronomers spotted at least 14 irregular and highly energetic bursts in deep space, each lasting o…
Marianne Guenot
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An experiment that reaches across the galaxy has 'heard' an invisible sea of ripples in space-time for the first time. It's surprisingly loud.
This thrum of gravitational waves is constantly pulsing through the universe. It opens a window int…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope captures stunning image of the wreckage of 2 galaxies crashing into each other
Galaxy NGC 3256 was formed after a 'head-on' collision between two galaxies around 500 million year…
Marianne Guenot
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Astronomers spotted a galaxy dying after a major collision. It's bleeding out 10,000 suns' worth of gas each year.
Galaxies need cold gas to form new stars, and this one is bleeding 10,000 suns worth of the stuff e…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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You've been watching the 'Fast and Furious' movies all wrong here's the right order
If you've been watching the "Fast" movies in the order they've been released, you need to reconside…
Kirsten Acuna
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Exposed: The first exoplanet to bare its core only takes 18 hours to complete a year and sizzles at 1,500 degrees Celsius
730 light-years away an exoplanet— a planet that lies outside the Earth’s solar system — is the f…
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NASA video shows 10-year time lapse of Sun in 61 minutes
This 10-year time lapse showcases photos taken at a wavelength of 17.1 nanometers, which is an…
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The golden age of streaming TV is over
We have dozens of streaming apps, hundreds of new TV shows, and thousands of movies at our fingerti…
Paris Marx
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Scientists unravel the mystery behind new plant species found in the Swiss Alps, which only took 150 years to evolve
New plant species in the Swiss Alps only took 150 years to evolve — one of the secrets to its survi…
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Scientists detected ripples in space and time from a potentially new class of collision in the universe. Their observatory cracked a 100-year-old mystery posed by Einstein.
It goes like this: As neutron stars move toward each other, a tiny bit of their material gets shot …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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A star set to explode in 2083 will be the brightest object in Earth's sky as it dies
Over the next few decades, the star will brighten rapidly. Around 2083, all of the mass from V Sagi…
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A powerful experiment that cracked a 100-year-old mystery posed by Einstein just got a huge upgrade
It will also be the first detector to cryogenically chill its mirrors - the practice of using lique…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Dave Mo…
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An experiment that solved a 100-year-old mystery posed by Einstein is about to turn back on - and it's more powerful than ever
One of the notable collisions it has observed since then, unceremoniously dubbed "GW170817" and ann…
Dave Mosher
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An experiment that solved a 100-year-old mystery posed by Einstein just got up to 50% more powerful by squeezing light
By squeezing photons on the quantum level, the instrument ensures the particles produce fewer tiny …