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Space chaos: The three-body problem explained
Kepler-16b, the first directly detected circumbinary planet, which is a planet that orbits two stars. From rocket launches to alien worlds, a surpris…
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Unveiling the Secrets of Promethium: A Breakthrough in Lanthanide Chemistry
Promethium, a rare earth element discovered in 1945 at Clinton Laboratories, has remained somewhat of a mystery despite its applications in medicine …
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Solar System Surprise: Could a Ninth Planet Be Hiding?
Our Solar System is a bustling cosmic neighborhood filled with planets, moons, comets, and asteroids. New discoveries, often small asteroids or zippy…
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Neutrinos and the Search for Quantum Gravity: New Study Pushes Limits
Imagine two successful theories: one explaining the big picture of gravity (think Earth's pull), the other describing the ultra-small world of pa…
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Physicists Capture Wave-Like Behavior of Individual Atoms
The image shows Lithium atoms cooled to near absolute zero appearing as red dots on the image. By combining several of these images, the authors were…
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Can Machines Think? Claude 3 Pushes the Boundaries of AI
Large language model (LLM) Claude 3 made a splash in March, surpassing OpenAI's GPT-4 (powering ChatGPT) in key AI benchmark tests. Claude 3 …
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Alien Earths Might Be Purple! Scientists say
The hunt for alien life is on, and scientists are casting a wider net. We know Earth's green, plant-powered biosphere might not be the norm. Our…
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Giant Black Hole Discovered Lurking Near Earth, Gaia Mission Data Reveals
A whopper of a black hole, the most massive stellar black hole ever found in our galaxy, has been spotted by astronomers. This Stellar Goliathan is 3…
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Quantum Crackdown: Can We Keep Our Secrets Safe in the Age of Super Computers?
Keeping information confidential is difficult. Everyone from children to celebrities understands this. National security experts are no exception. Th…
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UT Austin Develops Universal Brain-Computer Interface for Future Applications
Forget about joystick controllers! Imagine steering your car in a racing game, like Mario Kart, simply by thinking about the turns. This isn't a …
