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Solar 'superflares' millions of times stronger than anything today may have sparked life on Earth
Space via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA simulation of an enormous solar flare and coronal mass ejection (CME) blasting out of the sun....
Researchers discover ultra-hard material that could rival diamond
PA Media: Science via Yahoo News· 6 months agoScientists have discovered a near-unbreakable substance that could rival diamond as the hardest...
New lab-made ‘near unbreakable substance’ rivals diamond
The Independent via Yahoo News· 6 months agoScientists have cracked a decades-long puzzle to develop a near unbreakable substance that they...
Was Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb, also the father of black holes?
Space via Yahoo News· 11 months agoThe name Oppenheimer will always be synonymous with the power and destruction of the atomic bomb,...
James Webb Space Telescope finds neutron star mergers forge gold in the cosmos: 'It was thrilling'
Space via Yahoo News· 4 months agoAn illustration of two neutron stars colliding and merging to create a kilonova blast. Scientists...
Scientists create 5 new isotopes to learn how neutron star collisions forge gold
Space via Yahoo News· 4 months agoScientists have brought the stars 'down to Earth' by creating 5 new isotopes that could reveal how...
Intel launches quantum silicon chip that opens door to next-gen computing
Evening Standard via Yahoo News UK· 7 months agoSemiconductor giant Intel has launched a 12-qubit quantum-dot silicon chip in a major move towards...
The secrets of supernovas might be locked in moon dust
Space via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoSupernovas spread the building blocks for new stars and planets throughout the cosmos, and evidence...
The light echoes of Black Holes
Gannett via AOL· 6 months agoIn the center of a typical galaxy lies a "supermassive" black hole, a beast several millions of times more massive than our own Sun. While light that is...
Is nuclear fusion the answer?
The Week via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThermonuclear power. CHRISTOPHE SIMON/AFP via Getty Images U.S. researchers have successfully produced a nuclear fusion reaction that created a net...