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Groundbreaking technique yields important new details on silicon, subatomic particles and possible ‘fifth force’

Posted: 09 Sep 2021 11:12 AM PDT

Using a groundbreaking new technique, researchers has revealed previously unrecognized properties of technologically crucial silicon crystals and uncovered new information about an important subatomic particle and a long-theorized fifth force of nature.

ESO captures best images yet of peculiar 'dog-bone' asteroid

Posted: 09 Sep 2021 09:38 AM PDT

Astronomers have obtained the sharpest and most detailed images yet of the asteroid Kleopatra. The observations have allowed the team to constrain the 3D shape and mass of this peculiar asteroid, which resembles a dog bone, to a higher accuracy than ever before. Their research provides clues as to how this asteroid and the two moons that orbit it formed.