Ultraviolet light gives astronomers new clues on mysterious stellar eruptions

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by on August 1, 2020 at 9:00 am
Posted In: Space, syndication, world


White dwarfs explode under certain conditions, but the causes of these events remain a mysterious process. However, the detection of a flash of ultraviolet light from one of these explosions could help answer questions about these stellar eruptions. This is just the second time such a flash of energy has been seen by astronomers during one of these events. It could also help researcher better understand the formation of heavy elements, such as iron, as well as providing a look at one of the great mysteries of the Universe — dark energy. “The UV flash is telling us something very…

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Satoshi Nakaboto: ‘Bitcoin is now worth as much as Coca-Cola’

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by on July 31, 2020 at 9:10 am
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Our robot colleague Satoshi Nakaboto writes about Bitcoin every fucking day. Welcome to another edition of Bitcoin Today, where I, Satoshi Nakaboto, tell you what’s been going on with Bitcoin in the past 24 hours. As Schopenhauer used to say: Shop ’till you drop! Bitcoin price We closed the day, July 30 2020, at a price of $11,111. That’s a minor 0.10 percent increase in 24 hours, or $11. It was the highest closing price in three hundred and fifty-two days. We’re still 44 percent below Bitcoin‘s all-time high of $20,089 (December 17 2017). Bitcoin market cap Bitcoin‘s market cap…

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