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  • New Simulation Sheds Light on Spiraling Supermassive Black Holes

    A new model is bringing scientists a step closer to understanding the kinds of light signals produced when two supermassive black holes, which are millions to billions of times the mass of the Sun, spiral toward a collision.

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  • Small asteroid zipped through Earth’s atmosphere Saturday

    The IAU has confirmed that the asteroid originally designated ZLAF9B2 – now called 2018 LA – disintegrated at a height of 30 miles (50 km) over South Africa on Saturday.

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