Lurking at the heart of the Milky Way, Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*) is a supermassive black hole four million times the mass of the sun, surrounded by a puzzling collection of young, massive stars whose orbits have long defied explanation. Astronomers have proposed various competing theories to account for these stars, but none has been able to explain all of them together.
A single origin story for the Milky Way’s most mysterious stars
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Artificial intelligence is being adopted across policing and the wider criminal justice system of England and Wales faster than the rules designed to govern it, according to major new research published by Northumbria University.This post [...]
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When people think of workplace segregation, they usually think of race or gender. Yet Americans are also sorted at work by something employers rarely measure: how they vote.This post was originally published on this site
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A major new study has raised concerns about how domestic violence and abuse is understood and responded to within children’s services.This post was originally published on this site
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Could the precise architectural form of your residence influence how much you participate in politics? A new study by MIT scholars finds this to be exactly the case—at least in Accra, Ghana, where many people [...]
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A study by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) now sheds light, for the first time, on the carbon intensity of household consumption across much of the world—and thus on the distributional impact [...]
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At the end of every presidential term, the End of Term Web Archive preserves that administration’s web presence as a vast trove of documents and webpages. The archive began in 2008, with George W. Bush’s [...]
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Sicilian populations have been genetically diverse for many centuries, and they have remained that way even through major regime changes and religious transitions, according to a study published in PLOS One by Aurore Monnereau of [...]
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In recent years, political polarization has received considerable attention, not least as an explanation for developments in the United States.This post was originally published on this site
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In spring 2024, more than 100,000 people protested in Taiwan’s streets. On Threads, a parallel fight was underway.This post was originally published on this site
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Three decades ago, researchers working atop the Llullaillaco volcano, located on the border between Argentina and Chile, discovered exceptionally well-preserved remains. The find included the mummified bodies of three children along with associated artifacts. The [...]
