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Nearby supernova

Astronomers at the Cerro Tololo Interamerican Observatory at La Serena, Chile, discovered a supernova in the Large Magellanic Cloud on the morning of Feb. 24, 1987.

Gene for Manic Depression?

Checking out a Theoretical Superconducting Transition

Biology

The Dark Side of Mt. St. Helens

Two, Two: Two Quasars in One

Gravity's ability to bend light (an effect predicted by Einstein's theory of general relativity) has been confirmed many times. What had not been observed was the more extreme case deflection of light by a gravitational field so strong that it acts as a lens on the line of sight.