Black holes don’t shine; in fact, they are famous for doing the opposite. But if they are actively devouring material from the space around them, that material can burn like a trillion X-ray suns. And for the first time, astronomers have now seen that mysteriously extinguished fire, before gradually returning …
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Deep in the hearts of Neptune and Uranus, it could be raining diamonds. Now scientists have produced new experimental tests that show how this could be possible. The hypothesis is that the intense heat and pressure thousands of kilometers below the surface of these ice giants should separate the hydrocarbon …
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