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Lightning from the neutron star's tidal waves can signal impending mergers

Lightning from the neutron star’s tidal waves can signal impending mergers

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Scientists have found a new way to detect some of the most catastrophic mergers in the universe before they occur. Neutron stars, the extremely dense nuclei of massive dead stars, which spiral towards each other or into a black hole, can raise tidal waves in the oceans of heavily charged particles surrounding the neutron stars. …

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Mobile signal black spots: "It is not good enough in 2022, we have been fighting for it for 15 years"

Mobile signal black spots: “It is not good enough in 2022, we have been fighting for it for 15 years”

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For a small community in Connemara, living in a mountainous valley of breathtaking beauty also means living in a black spot for cell phone coverage. Urban areas such as Shanafaraghaun and Finny outside Clonbur, which are surrounded by the Maumturk and Partry mountains, have little or no signal. “We are in the mountains here,” explains …

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