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Pierre Auger Observatory

Far-off galaxies are firing rare high-energy cosmic rays at us

21 September 2017

The highest energy particles in the universe hit Earth very rarely, so it took 10 years of data to pinpoint their origin. They’re coming from galaxies far, far away
Infamous three-body problem has over a thousand new solutions

Infamous three-body problem has over a thousand new solutions

20 September 2017

A long-standing maths puzzle has 1223 new solutions, more than doubling the number of possible paths three objects can take as they orbit one another

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