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Recorded live at the Lincoln Center, the band plays a bossa-nova take on the song while Gaga sings solo, wearing one of Cher’s own wigs.—
Kristen S. Hé,
Vulture,
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To get a separate measure of how unusual this is, the researchers placed 8 million novas around the center of the galaxy, with the distribution being random but biased to match the galaxy's brightness under the assumption that novas will be more frequent in areas with more stars.—
John Timmer,
Ars Technica,
27 Sep. 2024
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Crucially, the white dwarf is not destroyed, and the 80-year-long process begins again.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
11 May 2025
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The object could be a white dwarf—an Earth-sized husk that remains after a star has exhausted its nuclear fuel.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
30 May 2025
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Gravitational waves are distortions in the fabric of space-time caused by the motion of massive objects like black holes or neutron stars.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
16 May 2025
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Such interactions between black holes or neutron stars (compact remnants of exploded massive stars) can be studied through the deflection angle, the energy released through the near miss and the momentum of the objects’ recoil—all of which may be discerned in gravitational waves.—
Ramin Skibba,
Scientific American,
13 May 2025
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The simulation also predicts the possible formation of a rare, hypothetical object known as a black hole pulsar.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
5 June 2025
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But pulsars flash much faster than ASKAP J1832 does, on the order of milliseconds to seconds.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
30 May 2025
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There are variables involved with recent Valparaiso graduate Caden Crowell’s next team.—
Michael Osipoff,
Chicago Tribune,
27 June 2025
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Planners juggle thousands of variables, yet one late part or an unexpected route change can unwind months of work.—
Ron Schmelzer,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2025
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With the quest for longitude over, the observatory explored other avenues of astronomy, such as tracking Earth's magnetic field, viewing planetary transits and characterizing binary star systems.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
22 June 2025
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Astronomers may have discovered a rare type of binary star system, where one star used to orbit inside its partner.—
Charles Q. Choi,
Space.com,
22 May 2025
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The leading candidates included massive galaxies, quasars powered by black holes, and small, low-mass galaxies.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
19 June 2025
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As such, quasars are among the most powerful beacons astronomers can use to probe distant regions of the universe.—
Lee Billings,
Scientific American,
18 June 2025
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Learning about their diversity could help astronomers compare these supernovas with one another, refining our understanding of dark energy.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
20 Feb. 2025
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The Doctor used the Vindicator, now a part of the Palace clock, to blast Omega with the power of a billion supernovas, forcing him back into his cage.—
Matt Webb Mitovich,
TVLine,
31 May 2025
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