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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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Group’s London return comes as Met chief says climate action is not yet so disruptive that he must shut it down Supporters of Insulate Britain have joined Just Stop Oil protesters on the streets of London, as the chief of the Metropolitan police said daily protests by climate activists had yet to reach a legal threshold of causing “major disruption” required for the force to shut them down. Just after 11am on Wednesday, about two dozen members of the group, which shot to fame last autumn with a series of blockades of major London roads, walked into the road outside…

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