The jet is from the most distant tidal disruption event yet observed.
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Isaac Schultz
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Science writer at Gizmodo, previously of Atlas Obscura. A native New Yorker. Mostly covering ancient things (on Earth and beyond) and masses extremely big or incredibly small.
Fans of physics, chemistry, math, and astronomy will love these educational toys and kits.
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It was a scary and unexpected 47 minutes, but NASA managed to restore communications with its uncrewed Artemis 1…
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The ancient animal may indicate a new story in Mesoamerican sociopolitics.
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WASP-39b is a hot Saturn with some nasty chemicals in its skies.
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You can scroll back in time, from more recent galaxies to the most ancient light sources.
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Susan Rogers, acclaimed record producer and expert in music cognition, talks about her new book, This Is What It…
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Scientists convened in Versailles to determine new terms for the biggest and smallest measurements.
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The analysis quells fears that the telescope will suffer frequent micrometeoroid hits.
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A documentary streaming on Amazon Prime Video tells the very human story of two robots on Mars.
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A deeper look through a massive cluster has turned up two galaxies that formed just after the cosmic dawn.
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The space observatory’s most recent image shows a star’s preamble in the nearby universe.
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These schools top Gizmodo's 2022 Degrees of the Future rankings.
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They're some of the densest objects in the universe, with nutty internal physics
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The worrying findings on laboratory bees correspond to trends in decreased honey production and colony collapse.
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The natural mummy was discovered in the Italian Alps in 1991, about 5,300 years after 'Ötzi' died.
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It’s the first time this behavior has been observed in octopuses.
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The spacecraft exploded shortly after launch in 1986, killing all seven astronauts on board.
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We have a much more interesting view of dwarf galaxy Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte, thanks to Webb’s imaging powers.
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