Revealed: Black hole makes material wobble around it! and other top stories.

• Revealed: Black hole makes material wobble around it!

  

  New Delhi: For the first time, the European Space Agency (ESA)'s orbiting X-ray observatory, XMM-Newton, has proved the existence of a "gravitational vortex" around a black hole.   MUST READ As per ESA, the discovery solves a mystery that has eluded astronomers for more than 30 years, and will help scientists understand more about the behavior of matter very close to black holes. The findings, aided by NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) mission could also open the door to ..

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• Arborist called in to help fast-track habitat renewal for superb parrot in central-west NSW

  

  Arborist called in to help fast-track habitat renewal for superb parrot in central-west NSW Posted July 14, 2016 09:45:04 Authorities in New South Wales are ramping up efforts to protect a threatened bird species after concerns it could lose much of its habitat from climate change.Central Tablelands Local Land Services has partnered with the Central West Environment and Waterways Alliance to engage an arborist to artificially create about 200 hollows in standing trees..

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• Astronomers Just Spotted A Water Snow Line Around A Star For The First Time

  

  Astronomers Just Spotted A Water Snow Line Around A Star For The First Time A telescope just snagged the very first image of a water snow line drifting around a young star in space — and it could transform what we know about how planets form. Artist’s conception of a water snow line around a young star (Image: A. Angelich (NRAO/AUI/NSF)/ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)) The extreme conditions around young stars sometimes means that water goes directly from gas into snow and ice, skipping the liquid phase..

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• WWF buys $100000 shark fishing licence to stop someone else from using it

  

  Conservation group WWF Australia has purchased a commercial shark fishing licence on the Great Barrier Reef, with the sole aim of removing it from circulation. The Great Barrier Reef has been in the news a lot lately, with 93 percent of the reef bleached earlier this year, hordes of Crown of Thorns starfish still causing damage, and plans to dredge the sea floor in a number of areas. But at least fishing is banned in the area… unless you spend enough money on a special licence, that is.  The AU..

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