High-speed beam line. FRIB is already recognized as one of the world’s leading rare isotope accelerators. The facility aims ...

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On 24 February, the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science (DOE-SC) approved construction of a $48.5 million instrument ...

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For the first time, scientists have directly measured a weak r-process reaction using a radioactive ion beam, shedding light ...

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Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Simulations indicate that the low-mass star in the J0453+1559 binary system could be a neutron star rather than a white dwarf. The star's mass, 1.174 M ⊙, is ...

An international team of astrophysicists from China and Australia has for the first time determined how massive neutron stars are when they are born. An international team of astronomers led by ...

Harden’s first half of the season was successful enough to earn his 11th NBA All-Star nod. Throughout his second half, Harden has been leading the league in multiple major categories.

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Astronauts orbiting 250 miles above Earth got a front-row seat to destruction on Thursday. During a SpaceX flight test of Starship, the world's most powerful rocket and spacecraft system, NASA's ...