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Both quantum computing and machine learning have been touted as the next big computer revolution for a fair while now. …
The inner 600 light years of our galaxy is a maelstrom of cosmic radiation, turbulent swirling gas clouds, intense star…
While black holes might always be black, they do occasionally emit some intense bursts of light from just outside their…
Microlensing strikes again. Astronomers have been using the technique to detect everything from rogue planets to the most distant star…
Gravitational waves from merging black holes can tell us more about a gravitational dance known as spin-orbit resonance.
The GRAVITY collaboration just released the clearest images ever of the stars that orbit the supermassive black hole in the…
For literally being black in the truest sense of the word, black holes are surprisingly easy to spot. Astronomers have…
Patterns in nature often occur in more than one place. Spirals, symmetry, and chaos all impact natural phenomena, from the…
New research from UT Austin shows that dwarf galaxies - like our neighbor, Leo I - also have massive black…