Neutron stars are among the most extreme objects in the universe. Formed from the collapsed cores of supergiant stars, they weigh more than our sun and yet are compressed into a sphere the size of a city. The dense cores of these exotic stars contain matter compressed into unique states that are impossible for us … Read more
For more than four months, U.S. envoys had been sending increasingly loud warnings to Austria’s Raiffeisen Bank International to scrap a deal they said had ties to one of Russia’s most powerful oligarchs. In May, Washington’s patience ran out. In a written ultimatum received by the bank, its regulator the European Central Bank and the … Read more
Two hundred years and two days after the founding of the original Liverpool and Manchester Railway Company, there are hopes that the two cities may be on the cusp of a new railway revolution. They are expectations shared by Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham, his Liverpool City Region counterpart Steve Rotherham – plus Bev Craig … Read more