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In a galaxy far, far, far away, astronomers have found the oldest black hole in the universe. It sits at the center of the ...

Rigaku Corporation, a global solution partner in X-ray analytical systems and a Group company of Rigaku Holdings Corporation ...

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At about 1,700 years old, MSH 15-52, sometimes called the "cosmic hand" or " hand of God " for its unusual shape, is one of ...

Scientists have revealed the exact date that the supermassive black hole at the heart of our galaxy will erupt into life, and ...

Thanks to a theory put forward by Albert Einstein over 100 years ago and a happy coincidence, astronomers have discovered ...

In their quest to explore and characterize high-temperature superconductors, physicists have mostly focused on a material ...