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Supernova Requiem: Reruns From a Gravity Lens

Posted on September 18, 2021 by Brian H. Gill

Nothing in this universe lasts forever, including stars. Massive stars live fast and die young: exploding as supernovae. One of these, AT2016jka, nicknamed “Requiem,” was first spotted in 2016. It showed up again in 2019. Scientists figure they’ll get another … Continue reading →

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Earth’s Moon: Heat, Stir – – –

Posted on November 5, 2018 by Brian H. Gill

We’ve learned quite a bit about Earth’s moon since the first Apollo landing, but we’re still not sure how it formed. But we’re a step or two closer to solving that puzzle. A team of scientists think Earth and its … Continue reading →

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Spirit Photographs

Posted on April 11, 2018 by Brian H. Gill

My wife asked me if I knew some of my ancestors were spiritualists. She’d seen an odd picture of my Campbell forebears while putting together a family photo album. This was in September, 2011. I had, and even knew a … Continue reading →

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LIGO/Virgo: Another First

Posted on October 20, 2017 by Brian H. Gill

Another gravitational wave observation gave scientists the best evidence yet about one aspect of merging stars. On August 17, 2017, folks with the LIGO/Virgo collaboration observed three clusters of gravitational waves. This time astronomers found an infrared, visible, and X-ray … Continue reading →

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