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Tycho supernova remnant

June 5, 2011

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This image comes from a very deep Chandra observation of the Tycho supernova remnant in the Milky Way, produced by the explosion of a white dwarf star in our galaxy.

LHC Reports Failure To Create Black Holes

December 22, 2010

LHC2Physicists working at the Large Hadron Collider report that after a series of tests, they have not seen any mini black holes, to the chagrin of string theorists and the relief of disaster theorists.