
Joanna Thompson
Science Editor at News Items
Science writer, reptile enthusiast, and part-time pro runner for On ZAP Endurance. Bylines @QuantaMagazine @Sciam @LiveScience + more. She/Her
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yahoo.com | Joanna Thompson
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A new AI model (right) adds further details to the first-ever images of black holes (left) taken by the Event Horizon Telescope. . | Credit: EHT Collaboration/Janssen et al. The monster black hole at the center of our galaxy is spinning at ear "top speed," according to a new artificial intelligence (AI) model.
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msn.com | Joanna Thompson
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inkl.com | Joanna Thompson
A black and white photo of Einstein standing in a line of men. A letter that Albert Einstein penned in 1952 for a Japanese journal has been put up for auction. Titled "On my participation in the atom bomb project," the document details Einstein's thoughts on the global nuclear arms race after being prompted by a magazine editor to defend his support for America's nuclear weapon program during World War II.
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livescience.com | Joanna Thompson
A letter that Albert Einstein penned in 1952 for a Japanese journal has been put up for auction. Titled "On my participation in the atom bomb project," the document details Einstein's thoughts on the global nuclear arms race after being prompted by a magazine editor to defend his support for America's nuclear weapon program during World War II. Einstein was not involved in developing the atomic bomb directly, but in August 1939 he wrote a now-infamous letter to President Franklin D.
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livescience.com | Joanna Thompson
The monster black hole at the center of our galaxy is spinning at near "top speed," according to a new artificial intelligence (AI) model. The model, trained partially on complex telescope data that was previously considered too noisy to be useful, aims to create the most detailed black hole images ever. However, based on the questionable quality of the data, not all experts are convinced that the AI model is accurate.
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New piece by me.

“For a mason bee or a chickadee, urban gardens could be the difference between life & death.” —@jojofoshosho0 https://t.co/Akx4xah50v

I’ll say this about the trials start time: heat-related illnesses are not a matter of “toughness”. In fact, tough people are probably more likely to experience them, because they’re more likely to keep going even as their organs shut down.

Do any astronomer/planetary scientist-types have thoughts about the magnetic Avi Loeb spherules? If so I’d love to hear your takes! #journorequest