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Groundbreaking Measurement Reveals a Black Hole Spinning at a Quarter the Speed of Light
Science
Dr. Sarah Adams
A team of astronomers has managed to calculate the speed of a distant supermassive black hole’s spin thanks to the object’s chance ...
NASA suspends Swift gamma-ray space telescope operations
Science
Dr. Sarah Adams
NASA has officially halted science observations conducted by its Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory. Don’t worry, though. The space telescope, which observes some ...
Massive cosmic explosion creates rare elements in space
Science
Dr. Sarah Adams
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