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Study: Viewing religion, science as incompatible is unique to Americans – Big Think
In some countries, religiosity and pro-science attitudes are actually positively correlated, according to the results of a recent study.
- Researchers using the Green Bank Telescope recently discovered a star dubbed J0740+6620, a neutron star that’s about as massive as they get.
- Neutron stars are unique, leftover cores of more massive stars. They’re so dense that they’re almost entirely composed of neutrons, which makes for some very strange physics.
- In J0740+6620’s case, the astronomers were quite lucky: This star exhibited two phenomena that made it easier to spot and study. Examining stars such as this on…
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