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In a striking natural coincidence, researchers discover that gallium nitride and magnesium form a superlattice when heated

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This article was reviewed according to Science fact checked peer-reviewed publication trusted source proofread OK! Thermal treatment of metallic magnesium on gallium nitride semiconductor results in the formation of a characteristic superlattice structure. Magnesium, nitrogen, and gallium atoms are shown in orange, blue, and gray, respectively. Credit: Jia Wang × close to Thermal treatment of … Read more

How did a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way form? Physicists offer an explanation

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This article was reviewed according to Science fact checked peer-reviewed publication trusted source proofread OK! Credit: ESA/Gaia/DPAC × close to Credit: ESA/Gaia/DPAC Located about 380,000 light-years from Earth, Crater 2 is one of the Milky Way’s largest satellite galaxies. Crater 2 is extremely cold and has slow-moving stars and low surface brightness. How this galaxy … Read more

Pixel 8a review: an excellent, affordable, but difficult to recommend final form [Video]

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Since 2019, Google’s affordable smartphone series has progressed and improved in almost all areas. After four years of updates and very few failures, the Pixel 8a is the fully evolved final form. Here’s what it’s like to use over a longer period of time. Hardware and design I love the switch to a matte finish … Read more

‘Yooka-Replaylee’ brings Playtonic’s love letter back to the banjo in a remastered form

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Subscribe to Nintendo Life at YouTube768k Playtonic’s Yooka-Laylee, revealed as part of today’s Guerrilla Collective presentation, returns for an encore on “PC and Consoles” with Yooka Replayleea glow-up to the 2017 indie original that brought the Banjo spirit back to the 3D platforming genre. As you can see in the reveal trailer above, this remaster … Read more

Elusive medium-sized black holes can form in dense ‘birth nests’

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Researchers have discovered that elusive intermediate-mass black holes can form in dense star clusters containing anywhere from tens of thousands to millions of tightly packed stars called “globular clusters.” An intermediate-mass black hole has a mass between 100 and 10,000 suns. They are heavier than black holes with masses of about 10 to 100 solar … Read more

Did galaxies or supermassive black holes form first? – Interesting technology

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Galaxies consist of various astronomical objects, including black holes, planets and stars. At the core of a galaxy lies a supermassive black hole (SMBH), one of the most powerful and dangerous entities in the universe. A puzzling question for scientists was whether SMBHs produced galaxies or whether galaxies formed SMBHs. Events in the early universe … Read more