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Astronomers Watched a Black Hole Shred a Star – But Surprisingly Little Was Devoured

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Astronomers Watched a Black Hole Shred a Star – But Surprisingly Little Was Devoured

What happens when a star wanders too close to a supermassive black hole? The obvious story is that it gets sucked in, never to be seen again. Some of its material gets superheated on the way in and that gives off huge amounts of radiation – usually X-rays. That’s not a wrong explanation, just incomplete. … Read more

Aphantasia Makes It Harder to Visualize Your Past And Future, Study Shows

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Aphantasia Makes It Harder to Visualize Your Past And Future, Study Shows

A rare condition that makes people unable to visualize images in their imagination could have further-reaching effects on the mind than we knew, scientists report. Aphantasia, sometimes referred to as being ‘blind in the mind’, has been known about since the 19th century, but has only attracted significant scientific attention in recent years. Those studies … Read more