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Science
A cloud of Vethbian ash suspected of turning brains into glass
A fragment of organic glass found in the skull of the deceased Herculaneum. Credit: Pier Paolo Petrone 79 CE Mount Unique dark-colored organic glass inside the skull of an individual who died in Herculaneum in the eruption of Bethbius. The conclusions from studies published in the science report are based on an analysis of the physical properties of glass, which…
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Space & Cosmos
A large Magellan cloud star throwing stars in the Milky Way could have a super-large black hole
This beautiful image shows four auxiliary telescopes, large and small Magellan clouds above the Naar Observatory of ESO, as well as a very large telescope (VLT) array. New research shows that the LMC holds an ultra-high Massive black hole that serves part of the multi-speed star in the Milky Way. Credit: By ESO/J. Colosimo — http://www.eso.org/public/images/potw1511a/, cc by 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=38973313…
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Space & Cosmos
What would happen to the climate if Earth passed through an interstellar cloud?
Orion Molecular Cloud Complex. The bright Flame Nebula (NGC 2024) stands out at the center of this image. The smaller, bright cavity between the Flame and Horsehead Nebulae is called NGC 2023. Image courtesy of NASA/JPL-Caltech. Noctilucent clouds were once thought to be a relatively recent phenomenon, but a team of researchers recently calculated that Earth and the entire solar…
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