S4711 on its path around Sgr A *. Credit: arXiv: 2008.04764 [astro-ph.GA] A team of researchers has seen the fastest moving star ever. In her paper published in The Astrophysical Journal, the group describes their observation and study of stars circling near the black hole in the center of the …
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De Greenland Ice Sheet has reached a point of rapid retreat that it could not recover, even as global temperatures stopped rising immediately. This Arctic ice sheet is the second largest ice sheet in the world, after those with blankets Antarctica. It occupies the majority of Greenland and melts into …
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People wear protective face masks in New York City. (Photo by Noam Galai / Getty Images) Cases of COVID-19 are “slowly increasing” in children, according to new guidelines for health care workers released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The guide, which was updated on the CDC’s website …
Read More »Math Riddle From the 1980s finally resolved – could be used to improve phones and computers
The two computer scientists, assistant professor Jacob Holm of UCPH and associate professor Eva Rotenberg of DTU almost gave away their solution in the summer of 2019, after submitting a research article that became the forerunner of the article in which she definitively solves the mathematical riddle . Credit: University …
Read More »‘Justice delayed’: Harird lawsuit to increase tension | News
Beirut, Lebanon – Years after the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, a large billboard was erected at a major crossroads in Beirut. It carried the smiling image of Hariri, contrasted against a black background, and the words “time for justice” in large, white letters. A ticker above …
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