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Twin Titans: NASA Tracks Two Monster Black Holes Tearing Up a Distant Galaxy [Video]

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Nov 17, 2024

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Astronomers, using data from NASA’s Swift Observatory, have identified an extraordinary recurring signal from two massive black holes in a galaxy a billion light-years away. Known as AT 2021hdr, this event showcases a pair of orbiting black holes disturbing a gas cloud, creating periodic light oscillations detectable across multiple wavelengths. This system, located in the […]

Volcanic Fossilization: Did a ‘Pompeii Event’ Really Preserve the World’s Most Pristine Dinosaurs?

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Recent research suggests the exceptional fossils from China’s Yixian Formation were preserved through natural sediment processes rather than volcanic activity, revising previous scientific assumptions. Approximately 120 million to 130 million years ago, during the age of dinosaurs, temperate forests and lakes in present-day northeast China hosted a lively ecosystem. Diverse fossils from this period remained...

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Elizabeth Olsen Sees Marvel as ‘Insurance’ to Make Indie Films

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Photo: When she isn’t playing Wanda Maximoff (or the Scarlet Witch) in a Marvel movie or TV series, you can probably find Elizabeth Olsen starring in a more intimate indie film. But no, she’s not just taking those Marvel jobs to make her passion projects, as she clarified at Vulture Festival. “I’d never really had...

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