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Scientists shed light on growth of black holes
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
California [USA], June 2 (ANI): Scientists at the Center for Astrophysics, Harvard & Smithsonian, and the Black Hole Initiative (BHI), have shed light on how black holes grow over time by developing a new model to predict if growth by accretion or by mergers is dominant.
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Astronomers detect first double helium-core white dwarf gravitational wave
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], April 3 (ANI): Scientists at Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics announced the detection of J2322+0509, a detached binary white dwarf composed of two helium-core stars with a short orbital period. It is the first gravitational wave source of its kind ever detec
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72-year-old Indian elephant euthanized at the Smithsonian National Zoo in
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], Mar 29 (ANI): The Smithsonian's National Zoo community is mourning the loss of Ambika, the beloved eldest member of its Asian elephant herd. The 72-year-old was humanely euthanized on Friday, following a recent and irreversible decline in her health.
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Scientists unearth soil-dwelling microorganisms that resemble 'Pac-man'
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Panama City [Panama], Jan 25 (ANI): A group of scientists recently revealed in a study that the curious soil-dwelling microorganisms known as protists have an uncanny resemblance to the legendary 'Pac-man' arcade game character that gobbles up dots with its gaping mouth as it moves through a
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Beyonce's portrait in shimmery gold going on display at Smithsonian Galler
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 7 (ANI): Popstar Beyonce's historic Vogue portrait will soon be put on display at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C.
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Jim Carrey's 'official' Trump portrait garners mixed responses
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Los Angeles [United States], Mar 31 (ANI): American-Canadian actor Jim Carrey has submitted his latest politically-charged portrait of United States President Donald Trump to Washington-based Museum Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery for consideration as the official presidential portrait
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Melania Trump donates inaugural dress to national museum
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [United States], Oct 21 (ANI): First Lady Melania Trump has donated the couture piece that she wore to the 2017 inaugural balls to the First Ladies Collection at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History.
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Michael Jordan donates $ 5m to Afro-American museum
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New York, Aug. 9 (ANI): Basketball player Michael Jordan donated five million dollars to the Smithsonian's new African-American history museum on the National Mall.
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