X-ray fluorescence spectrum measured with the 3C and 3D emission lines of Fe-XVII, and B and C of Fe XVI. Background image: The Sun in X-ray light, data taken by the NuSTAR space telescope. Credit: NASA, NuSTAR, SDO An international team led by the Heidelberg MPl for Nuclear Physics has solved a decades-old problem in …
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Seattle– Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced today that his office’s forensic genetic genealogy program has now helped solve a 24-year-old cold case from Marysville. In 1988, 19-year-old Jennifer Brinkman was found dead in the family home in Marysville. Although the murder weapon – an ax – was left behind, the case went cold. On Monday, …
Most galaxies are built around huge black holes. While many of them are relatively docile, like the one at the center of our Milky Way, some are ferocious – gobbling up surrounding material and releasing huge, extremely bright jets of high-energy particles far out into space. WATCH THE VIDEO: First look at the monster black …
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Researchers at Rice University have developed a method to predict how crystals form based on their internal chemistry, even when the crystal lacks symmetry. This depiction of a silver nitrate crystal has eight edges, none of which match the others. The Rice team’s algorithm was still able to predict its shape. Credit: Luqing Wang/Rice University …
How can a paternity test suggest that a mother is also the father of her daughter? The answer to this medical mystery, sparked by a puzzling paternity test result, is “When the genes of a missing twin brother live in the mother’s DNA.” The finding, which genetics experts reported earlier this month, suggests such human …
The Martian moon Phobos is not long for this universe. According to astronomers’ calculations, the potato-shaped satellite is slowly but inexorably approaching its host planet. Eventually, in about 100 million years, the gravitational interaction between the two bodies will tear Phobos apart, giving the red planet a temporary dusty ring. According to a new study, …
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The Martian moon Phobos is not long for this Universe. According to astronomers’ calculations, the potato-shaped satellite is slowly but inexorably approaching its host planet. Eventually, in about 100 million years, the gravitational interaction between the two bodies will tear Phobos apart, giving the red planet a temporary dusty ring. According to a new study, …
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More than 500 million years ago, marine invertebrates launched a new evolutionary experiment: skeletons. But while these durable, tube-like structures have stood the test of time as fossils, the animals’ soft bodies have decayed and disappeared, erasing any trace of what these ancient animals might have looked like. Now, a recent re-examination of these ancient …
Murdered Couple’s Missing Baby Found Alive Decades Later Holly Clouse’s parents were murdered in the early 1980s when she was just a baby. Holly’s whereabouts had been unknown for over 40 years, until recently. TEXAS – In 1980, a young couple moved from Florida to Texas with their baby girl, Holly Marie, before disappearing. The …
‘What about Holly?’ In this multi-part true crime podcast, host Cristina Corbin travels across the country to interview law enforcement and family members, uncover new leads and speak exclusively with a religious cult at the center of this double murder mystery. In 1980, a young couple moved from Florida to Texas with their baby girl, …
