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Micheál Martin claims RTÉ pulled interview with Mary Lou McDonald biographer for fear of being sued Sinn Féin has been accused of having a “chilling” effect on Ireland’s democracy after RTÉ pulled an interview with the author of a new biography about the party’s leader, Mary Lou McDonald. The taoiseach, Micheál Martin, said the national broadcaster did not air the interview for fear of being sued. “Such a development has a chilling effect on public debate and democracy,” he told the Dáil on Tuesday. “That’s something that demands greater transparency and explanation.” Continue reading… ​Micheál Martin claims RTÉ pulled interview…

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  This is the first time that this effect – known as precession – has been seen with black holes, where the “wobble” is 10 billion times faster than in observations of other bodies. ​This is the first time that this effect – known as precession – has been seen with black holes, where the “wobble” is 10 billion times faster than in observations of other bodies. 

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Series of 17 concentric dust rings was spawned by Wolf-Rayet 140 binary system thousands of light years away Astronomers have captured a striking image of 17 concentric dust rings resembling a cosmic fingerprint in the latest observations from the James Webb space telescope. The formation was created by the interaction of two giant stars, known collectively as the Wolf-Rayet 140 binary, more than 5,000 light years from Earth. The rings are created every eight years when the stars pass close to each other in their elongated orbit. During their close approach, the solar winds from the stars collide, causing the…

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