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fromFuturism
1 month ago

Astronomers Spot Huge Microwave Laser Blasting Into Space

Astronomers discovered the most powerful microwave laser beam ever found, produced by colliding galaxies 8 billion light-years away and amplified by gravitational lensing.
fromAeon
2 months ago

Time is real - if you view it through the lens of heat | Aeon Videos

The way most people think about time is wrong. The notion that we share a 'common time' moving in a single direction is a useful illusion but, as physicists have understood since the discoveries of Albert Einstein, it doesn't comport with our understanding of the Universe. However, as the Italian theoretical physicist and writer Carlo Rovelli argues in this short documentary from Quanta Magazine, this doesn't mean we should abandon the concept of time altogether.
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fromMail Online
2 months ago

Scientists discover black hole spewing more energy than the Death Star

A supermassive black hole has emitted an increasingly powerful radio jet for four years after shredding a star, reaching unprecedented energy levels.
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