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Different observations of the cosmic web (gas, radio, and magnetic) and a composite image. (F Vazza, D Wittor & J West/ K Brown)

The Largest Magnetic Fields in The Universe

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Astronomers Have Detected Signs of The Largest Magnetic Fields in The Universe.

Reconstruction of a hunter-gatherer associated with the Gravettian culture. A male human wearing fur clothes and shell necklace as well as a shell skull covering By Tom Bjoerklund

Ancient Hunter Gatherers in Europe did not die out during the last ice-age

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We thought the first hunter-gatherers in Europe went missing during the last ice age. Now, ancient DNA analysis says otherwise

Two composite images presented side by side, separated by a thin white line. The image on our left features two colliding dwarf galaxies in the late stages of merging into one larger galaxy. The image on our right features two colliding dwarf galaxies in the early stages of merging. In the first pair of dwarf galaxies, on our left, a pale pink shape sits inside a hazy indigo blue cloud. The cloud contains neon pink streaks, and faint white specks. This cloud represents gas and stars in the merging galaxies. The pale pink shape at its core represents a black hole being tracked by the Chandra X-ray Observatory. Directly above the cloud is a neon pink and indigo circle, representing another black hole, followed by a curving tail of hazy indigo circles flecked with white. This tail, which curves up and to our right, is caused by tidal effects from the ongoing collision. Because these two dwarf galaxies are in the final stages of merging, scientists have given the combined galaxy a single name: Mirabilis. In the second pair of dwarf galaxies, on our right, a neon pink cloud with a bright white circle at its core, sits above a larger companion with the same color configuration. These pink clouds are the dwarf galaxies known as Vinteuil and Elstir. The white cores represent black holes tracked by Chandra. Elstir, the larger neon pink cloud, near the bottom, features wispy tendrils. Several of these tendrils appear to reach up toward the smaller galaxy, Vinteuil, creating a bridge of gas and stars.

NASA’s Chandra Discovers Giant Black Holes on Collision Course

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A new study using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory has tracked two pairs of supermassive black holes in dwarf galaxies on collision courses, as discussed in the latest press release. This is the first...

Sea level rise contributions from the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets, and maps of projected 2150 CE Antarctic ice sheet surface elevation following different greenhouse gas emission scenarios (SSP1-1.9, strong emission cuts; SSP2-4.5, medium emission cuts; SSP5-8.5, weak emission cuts). Credit: Institute for Basic Science, Jun-Young Park

Global sea levels will rise past 1.8°C planetary warming

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A study published in Nature Communications by an international team of scientists shows that an irreversible loss of the West Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets, and a corresponding rapid acceleration...

Orange and yellow planet photo with the colours swirling around by Daniel Olah on Unsplash

Is there another planet in our solar system?

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Is there another planet in our solar system? New science post on 360 On History about the possibility of a ninth planet that we are yet to discover.

A man standing on a beach with a red and blue sky and the moon above. The red and blue hues of the sky are reflected in the glossy sand.

They say we know more about the Moon than about the deep sea. They’re wrong

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They say we know more about the Moon than about the deep sea. They’re wrong, 23.5 percent of the ocean has been explore, 3 times the surface of the moon.

Four exoplanets 133 light-years away orbiting a young star. (Jason Wang/Northwestern University)

12 years of far away exoplanets orbiting their star – Time Lapse Video

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12 years of far away exoplanets orbiting their star - Time Lapse Video of 4 jupiter sized planets circling their star. The system is HR8799.

New face of Jericho Skull discovered near Jericho in 1953 Credit Cicero Moraes Thiago Beaini and Moacir Santos

The face of the ‘Jericho Skull,’ buried 9,000 years ago with shells for eyes

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A famous, 9,000-year-old human skull discovered near the biblical city of Jericho now has a new face, thanks to efforts by a multi-national team of researchers. The Jericho Skull — one of seven uneart...

Dome of an old mosque in the foreground and a minarat in the background. Turkey.

Long before Silicon Valley, Islamic scholars in ancient Iraq created an intellectual hub that revolutionised science

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Long before Silicon Valley, Islamic scholars in ancient Iraq created an intellectual hub that revolutionised science

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