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Study sheds new light on supermassive black holes

9 Dec 16:02 • 3 articles

Study sheds new light on supermassive black holes

Astronomers say most observations suggest that the bigger the galaxy, the bigger the supermassive black hole in it.

9 Dec 16:02 • Shropshire Star • 3480199991235366026.html
Study sheds new light on supermassive black holes

Astronomers say most observations suggest that the bigger the galaxy, the bigger the supermassive black hole in it.

9 Dec 16:02 • Express & Star • 7324224458781543562.html
Study sheds new light on supermassive black holes

Astronomers say most observations suggest that the bigger the galaxy, the bigger the supermassive black hole in it.

9 Dec 16:04 • Jersey Evening Post • 6141642773316947082.html
How Saturn’s Moon Enceladus Got Its Freaky ‘Tiger Stripes’

9 Dec 16:04 • 1 article

How Saturn’s Moon Enceladus Got Its Freaky ‘Tiger Stripes’

Since 2005, scientists have puzzled over a series of long fissures seen in the southern regions of Saturn’s frozen moon Enceladus. New research explains how these so-called tiger stripes formed and why Enceladus is the only place in the solar system where these features could have emerged.

9 Dec 16:04 • Gizmodo • 461714589995857712.html
Quarrying poses threat to hundreds of fossil tree trunks in Thiruvakkarai

9 Dec 10:20 • 1 article

Quarrying poses threat to hundreds of fossil tree trunks in Thiruvakkarai

Unbridled quarrying of red laterite soil near the country’s first National Fossil Wood Park is turning these fossils into dust

9 Dec 10:20 • The Hindu • 6679535024762593715.html
NASA Mission Discovers Mysterious Plumes of Particles Being Ejected From Asteroid’s Surface

9 Dec 10:45 • 1 article

NASA Mission Discovers Mysterious Plumes of Particles Being Ejected From Asteroid’s Surface

The space agency said they launched the mission to study the asteroid Bennu in 2016. Samples from the celestial body would not only shed light on how planets formed and life began, but also give a better understanding of how to protect our planet from an asteroid collision.

9 Dec 10:45 • Sputniknews • 967333867753045695.html
ESA to fund world's first space debris removal mission

9 Dec 17:28 • 1 article

ESA to fund world's first space debris removal mission

Dec. 9 (UPI) -- The European Space Agency has agreed to fund a mission to remove a piece of space debris -- the first of its kind -- as part of the agency's new Space Safety program.

9 Dec 17:28 • UPI • 8257973863893434862.html
Archaeologists discover 'amazing' 4,000 year old carved stones on Orkney

9 Dec 11:45 • 1 article

Archaeologists discover 'amazing' 4,000 year old carved stones on Orkney

Archaeologists have discovered nine 'very rare' carved stones on Orkney - thought to be 4,000 years old.

9 Dec 11:45 • THE SCOTSMAN • 4778851489137749344.html
Meet life-size models of Waipara’s giant penguins

9 Dec 14:19 • 1 article

Meet life-size models of Waipara’s giant penguins

9 December 2019

9 Dec 14:19 • SCOOP • 5315658999796372053.html
New Images Show Asteroid Bennu Spewing Bits of Itself Into Space

9 Dec 13:20 • 1 article

New Images Show Asteroid Bennu Spewing Bits of Itself Into Space

Images taken by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft are helping scientists to understand why small particles are occasionally flying off the surface of Bennu, a nearly spherical asteroid that resembles a spinning top.

9 Dec 13:20 • Gizmodo UK • 8363059001253197359.html
Parker Solar Probe Scientists Reveal Jaw-Dropping First Results From the Sun

9 Dec 09:00 • 1 article

Parker Solar Probe Scientists Reveal Jaw-Dropping First Results From the Sun

Last week, scientists released the surprising initial results from the Parker Solar Probe’s first two close encounters with the Sun.

9 Dec 09:00 • Gizmodo UK • 8363059001655022499.html
Works of 27 Arab artists on display at Diriyah expo

9 Dec 16:50 • 1 article

Works of 27 Arab artists on display at Diriyah expo

The exhibition was opened on Sunday by Hamid Bin Mohammed Fayez, vice minister of culture, in the presence of art and culture enthusiasts.

9 Dec 16:50 • Saudi Gazette • 6913978434293394717.html
Migratory birds are shrinking as the world heats up

9 Dec 09:49 • 1 article

Migratory birds are shrinking as the world heats up

As the world warms as a result of climate change, researchers have found that migratory birds are changing size.

9 Dec 09:49 • Futurity • 5051862824377619357.html
10 stunning photographs of the Sea of Galilee

9 Dec 09:00 • 1 article

10 stunning photographs of the Sea of Galilee

From sunup to sundown, this historic freshwater lake in northern Israel is a shimmering jewel.

9 Dec 09:00 • Israel21c • 6799675525400362577.html
NASA’s Parker probe reveals new solar oddities

9 Dec 08:37 • 1 article

NASA’s Parker probe reveals new solar oddities

The first observations from NASA's Parker Solar Probe "will fundamentally change our understanding of the sun," researchers say.

9 Dec 08:37 • Futurity • 5051862825507013013.html
Something funky happens to metal melting point under pressure

9 Dec 08:00 • 1 article

Something funky happens to metal melting point under pressure

The melting point of metals usually goes up under pressure, but it may actually go down with about 300,000 times the pressure of Earth's atmosphere.

9 Dec 08:00 • Futurity • 5051862824803471013.html