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Materials scientists can learn a lot about a sample material by shooting lasers at it. With nonlinear optical microscopy—a ...
On Oct. 6, 2010, only five days after launching, the Chang-e 2 spacecraft arrived at the Moon and initiated a rocket burn, ...
Materials scientists can learn a lot about a sample material by shooting lasers at it. With nonlinear optical microscopy — a ...
At a given moment, there can be so much going on in Ball x Pit that it seems impossible to wrap your head around it. As arcs ...
Materials scientists can learn a lot about a sample material by shooting lasers at it. With nonlinear optical microscopy — a ...
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It's a celestial event that has astronomers both excited and puzzled. Dan Smith has the story of how a gamma-ray burst across ...
Astronomers are trying to understand what caused a series of gamma ray bursts, or GRBs — the most powerful explosions in the universe. These energetic bursts are typically unleashed by the incendiary ...