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Posted on May 1, 2020 by ST Editors

compiled by Arlene & David Kaplan Biggest cosmic mystery ‘step closer’ to solution The nature of this quirk, which allowed matter to dominate the Universe at the expense of antimatter, remains a mystery. Now, results from an experiment in Japan … Continue reading →

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Posted on April 1, 2020 by ST Editors

compiled by Arlene & David Kaplan Telescopes detect ‘biggest explosion since Big Bang’ The blast in the Ophiuchus galaxy cluster left a cavity 15 times bigger than our Milky Way galaxy. Scientists have detected evidence of a colossal explosion in … Continue reading →

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Posted on March 2, 2020 by ST Editors

compiled by Arlene & David Kaplan Google Doodle celebrates scientist Mary Somerville Mary Fairfax Somerville was a mathematician, geographer and astronomer, who was born in 1780 in Jedburgh but her childhood home was at Burntisland in Fife. Mary carried out … Continue reading →

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Posted on February 2, 2020 by ST Editors

compiled by Arlene & David Kaplan Sun’s surface seen in remarkable new detail Behold the Sun’s convulsing surface at a level of detail never seen before. The Daniel K Inouye Solar Telescope on Hawaii has released pictures that show features … Continue reading →

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Posted on January 5, 2020 by ST Editors

compiled by Arlene & David Kaplan The best space images of 2019 With some blockbuster space missions under way, 2019 saw some amazing images beamed back to Earth from around the Solar System. Meanwhile, some of our most powerful telescopes … Continue reading →

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Posted on December 2, 2019 by ST Editors

compiled by Arlene & David Kaplan Scientists find ‘monster’ black hole Before now, scientists did not think it was possible for a stellar black hole to have a mass larger than 20 times that of the sun, an approximation based … Continue reading →

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