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Arecibo Observatory is shutting down — here are some of the most groundbreaking discoveries it inspired, including one that led to a Nobel Prize
The Arecibo Observatory is one of the biggest in the world, responsible for some of the most crucia…
Prabhjote Gill
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'Jekyll and Hyde' binary stars discovered by Indian-origin scientist
A binary star system just under 20,000 light-years from Earth is unlike the others. Armed with an a…
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An experiment that reaches across our galaxy has detected the first signs of a possible 'sea' of ripples in space-time
Supermassive black holes merging in distant galaxies could be creating a background hum of gravitat…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Scientists just detected gravitational waves for the first time ever
"Having gravitational waves as a tool will enable us to study black holes, and black holes hold the…
Dave Mosher
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Astronomers using a NASA space telescope spotted the first signs of a planet beyond the Milky Way
If this planet exists, it's orbiting a dead star or a black hole and it only passes through Earth's…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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The CEO of Moderna on the moment he first realized the company could make a COVID-19 vaccine
In a recent Andreessen Horowitz podcast, Stéphane Bancel discusses how mRNA works and why it's tran…
Jorge Conde, Hanne Winarsky, …
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Newly discovered gravitational waves hint that 'cities' of black holes may lurk in space
LIGO may also eventually aid in listening to the parts of the universe that were created shortly af…
Dave Mosher
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A field of water tanks in Mexico is bringing us closer than ever to solving a 100-year-old cosmic mystery
Scientists found another source in the remnants of a supernova in our own galaxy. When a massive st…
Ali Sundermier
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Last week, an asteroid pair came dangerously close to Earth, posed for some pictures and left!
Both asteroids 2024 MK and 2011 UL21 came in peace and were more than happy to be papped. 2011 UL21…
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Unknown objects at the heart of the Milky Way are beaming radio signals, then mysteriously disappearing
Radio waves bursting from the center of the Milky Way, then disappearing, might reveal a new type o…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Photos show what the Arecibo telescope looked like before and after its disastrous collapse
Compare images of the iconic Arecibo telescope in Puerto Rico before and after its platform fell 45…
Susie Neilson
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Miss Fame says there's one key thing businesses can do to better support the LGBT community: 'Pay them'
Companies should work with the LGBT community beyond just Pride month, Kurtis Dam-Mikkelsen, also k…
Grace Dean
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A 'TikTok mom' says she'll step up and attend the wedding of an LGBTQIA+ couple after the biological mother of the groom refused to go
"You can't help who you were born to," Irey explained. "I always say: 'found family can be better.'"
Mara Leighton
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Watch NASA launch a spacecraft to explore ancient asteroids that lead and trail Jupiter around the sun
The Trojan asteroids have barely changed since the birth of our solar system. NASA's Lucy mission a…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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'He kept seeing her face'
Insider's investigation of fatal violence against transgender people found 15 killings driven by tr…
Haven Orecchio-Egresitz
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Newfound Super-Bright Neutron Star Baffles Scientists And Should Not Exist
Like black holes, neutron stars form as a star that is more massive than our sun collapses in on it…
Jessica Orwig
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Whether we like it or not, Indians are already partaking in the superfood ‘trend’
Business Insider spoke to nutrition expert Dr. Nandita Iyer who, after her first book — The Eve…
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The Next Generation of Chinatown
Many children of immigrants grew up in their parents' gift shops, tea emporiums, and restaurants. N…
Yoonji Han
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ISRO, NASA just spotted a black hole spinning so fast that it could be making space itself rotate
Those X-rays were caused by gas and dust falling into the black hole, which is about 10 time…
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Astronomers are pioneering a new way to find alien planets orbiting far-away stars. It led them to 6 unusual, vaporizing worlds.
In this particular system, the smaller of the two stars is on the brink of being too small to be co…