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Formation of oceans within icy moons could cause the waters to boil
Nov 255 months ago

Formation of oceans within icy moons could cause the waters to boil

A rigid ice shell over a shrinking interior makes for pressures low enough to boil. ...

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Runaway black hole mergers may have built supermassive black holes
Nov 106 months ago

Runaway black hole mergers may have built supermassive black holes

Early superdense star clusters may have planted seeds for monster black holes. ...

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New black hole merger bolsters Hawking area theorem
Sep 118 months ago

New black hole merger bolsters Hawking area theorem

Physicists spliced merger's gravitational signal into isolated frequencies to determine surface areas. ...

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