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An artist's concept of a distant galaxy with an active quasar at its center shooting out bright jets of radiation above and below the galactic disc.
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NASA, ESA, Joseph Olmsted (STScI)
A quasar emits exceptional amounts of energy generated by matter falling into a supermassive black hole.

The earliest quasars yet observed are shedding light on the infancy of our cosmos

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Power plant or factory with blue, digitally networked globe

Internet Energy Analysis Pitfalls

‘Pioneering Work’

The Goldilocks Supernova

Natural Products in Unexpected Places

The Foundations of Computer Science

The Science of Tsunamis
Riparian community woodlands along the lower Tuolumne River near Merced, California. The dry grassland in the background indicates the semi-arid conditions and drought environment.

Biodiversity Imperiled
A depiction of an ion trap holding a detectable “bright” radium ion and co-trapped “dark” radioactive molecule.

A Rewarding Endeavor

Subterranean Investigations

Making Waves

Hippos and Anthrax
Scuba divers work on a cage

The Long View
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