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LeBron James has been in the league for 20 years, and during his career, he has managed to stay as one of the best players in the league. Even at 38 years old, LeBron James has shown incredible consistency in his game. A recent proof of that was when 101 former NBA players participated in a poll and voted James as still the best player in the NBA over the likes of Nikola Jokic, Stephen Curry, and Kevin Durant. Upon learning this, NBA fans had mixed reactions. While some praised James for his consistency, others discredited the list for having LeBron in the first…

Some of the hottest spots in the Sun’s atmosphere appear in the NuSTAR telescope’s X-ray view. Even on a sunny day, human eyes can’t see all the light our nearest star gives off. A new image displays some of this hidden light, including the high-energy X-rays emitted by the hottest material in the Sun’s atmosphere, as observed by NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR). While the observatory typically studies objects outside our solar system – like massive black holes and collapsed stars – it has also provided astronomers with insights about our Sun. In the composite image above, NuSTAR data is represented as…

Astronomers have long been aware that planetary systems are not necessarily structured like our solar system. Researchers from the Universities of Bern and Geneva, as well as from the National Centre of Competence in Research PlanetS, have now shown for the first time that there are in fact four types of planetary systems. In our solar system, everything seems to be in order: The smaller rocky planets, such as Venus, Earth, or Mars, orbit relatively close to our star. The large gas and ice giants, such as Jupiter, Saturn or Neptune, on the other hand, move in wide orbits around the sun. In two studies published…

New Discovery Sheds Light on Very Early Supermassive Black Holes Astronomers from the University of Texas and the University of Arizona have discovered a rapidly growing black hole in one of the most extreme galaxies known in the very early Universe. The discovery of the galaxy and the black hole at its center provides new clues on the formation of the very first supermassive black holes. The new work is published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Using observations taken with the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA), a radio observatory sited in Chile, the team have determined that the galaxy, named COS-87259, containing this new supermassive black hole is…

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The Los Angeles Lakers recently lost to the Memphis Grizzlies, with the final score being 109-121. There’s no doubt that this was a disappointing loss for the team, as they need every win they can get to make the playoffs. After the game, a lot of fans reacted to the Lakers’ recent performance. Many were upset about the loss. For example, some fans have already criticized the Los Angeles Lakers and Anthony Davis for being poor when LeBron James isn’t playing. Other people criticized the team for their turnovers on the evening, as the Lakers had 26 turnovers compared to the Grizzlies’ 6.…

Tjayasetimu is the name of a little girl who was a star singer in ancient Egypt. Nearly three thousand years ago, she was a member of the royal choir and sang for the pharaohs in temples on the Nile.  Tjayasetimu was recently featured in an exhibition at the British Museum called ‘Ancient Lives: New Discoveries’, which explored the lives and deaths of eight mummies. Temple singers, dancers, and other performers have frequently been depicted in engravings in ancient Egypt.  Singers are often seen playing an instrument called a sistrum, a kind of rattle, a harp, or bone “clappers”, all of which…

The research uses archival NASA data to show that Venus may be losing heat from geologic activity in regions called coronae, possibly like early tectonic activity on Earth. Earth and Venus are rocky planets of about the same size and rock chemistry, so they should be losing their internal heat to space at about the same rate. How Earth loses its heat is well known, but Venus’ heat flow mechanism has been a mystery. A study that uses three-decade-old data from NASA’s Magellan mission has taken a new look at how Venus cools and found that thin regions of the planet’s uppermost layer may provide an…

As NBA fans, we tend to get attached to certain players over the years. They don’t have to be players from our favorite teams but ones we root for, regardless of the jersey they wear. Whether we love how they play the game or respect how they have handled themselves in their NBA career, there are certain players from all over the league that we want to see succeed at the highest level. Winning an NBA championship does so much for a player’s legacy that it is only common sense that we wish our favorite players to one day hoist…

The NBA is full of talent right now, and some players are constantly putting up big performances, with some fighting for the unofficial title of the best player in the world. The Athletic conducted a poll where 101 former NBA players voted for the best baller in the league right now, picking LeBron James. 1. LeBron James – 28.1% 2. Nikola Jokic – 21.2% 3. Giannis Antetokounmpo – 21.0% 4. Kevin Durant – 11.8% 5. Stephen Curry – 6.6% 5. Luka Doncic – 6.6% 7. Kyrie Irving – 2.2%  This is very impressive for LeBron, knowing that he’s not getting any younger…

Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving were expected to lead the Brooklyn Nets to the promised land, but in two seasons and a half they spent together on the court, they were unable to do it. Durant recently talked about the shocking Irving trade request, revealing he was ‘disappointed’ with that situation. “I’m disappointed that we didn’t finish the season. But I also know we’re all separate entities. We all move and do the things that we want to do with our careers. I can’t fault somebody for doing that, even though it was at the expense of the team. That’s what…

Scoring is arguably the most important skill in basketball, and there’s no doubt that a team generally doesn’t win a lot of games without at least one elite scorer present on their roster. With Damian Lillard’s recent 71-point game, it makes sense to try and compile the highest-scoring games in NBA history. In the article below, we have put together a list that features those high-scoring games, starting with Wilt Chamberlain’s 70-point game. T12. Wilt Chamberlain – 70 Points Credit: Fadeaway World Stats: 70 Points, 18 Rebounds, 3 Assists, (Steals And Blocks Not Recorded) Wilt Chamberlain is the first person on…

The NBA playoffs are fast approaching, and NBA stars are getting ready to make sure they show up for their teams. After all, NBA superstars have the most pressure to perform, and their performances will dictate how the season ends for their teams. Most often, superstars show up and put forth fantastic performances to spearhead their teams to victory. We crown an NBA champion every year, and there is always a stand-out performer in the squad. More so than any other season in recent memory, there are a handful of NBA stars who need to win playoff games and capture…

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The Houston Rockets are in danger of becoming the only team in NBA history to finish with the worst record in the league in 3 consecutive seasons. The beatdowns that star players around the NBA are putting on them are surely making their record worse. Damian Lillard scored 71 points against the Rockets last night, becoming the 12th player this season to score 40 or more points against Houston this season. Other stars that feature on this list are Klay Thompson (who’s done it twice), Luka Doncic, LeBron James, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Ja Morant, Devin Booker, Lauri Markkanen, Anthony Edwards, Trae Young,…

A lot has been said about NBA superstar Kevin Durant. He’s been called the best player in the game and an MVP. He’s been called a 2x NBA champion, as well as a 2x NBA Finals MVP. Durant has also been called a snake for joining a Golden State Warriors team that won 73 games in the season prior to his arrival. And Durant has been called a traitor for leaving a franchise that was loyal to him in Oklahoma City. Still, do fans know the real Kevin Durant? Not just the NBA player who seemingly always speaks his mind…

There was a time, not long ago, when color and race actually took center stage in the NBA. People couldn’t look out on the court and see only basketball players for their level of skill and not the color of their skin. Now, skin color should have nothing to do with your skills as a basketball player. If you can play, you can play, which is the bottom line, but it did once divide a nation when the world was not so understanding or accepting. The NBA has come a long way from the days when they didn’t even allow…

The Denver Nuggets are on course to have one of the best seasons in franchise history, as they sit atop the standings in the Western Conference. They are one of the favorites to get to the NBA Finals but Nick Young has made the bold claim that they’d be eliminated in the first round if they played the Los Angeles Lakers. Well, the Lakers did beat the Nuggets in the Western Conference Finals back in 2020 but the teams have trended in opposite directions since then. Still, the Lakers have proven to be a tough matchup for them and have split…

The Los Angeles Clippers traded for Paul George in the summer of 2019, notably sending out a large number of players and picks to acquire the stars. One of those picks notably became Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who already looks like a future superstar in this league. Underneath a recent Reddit post, fans debated whether the Los Angeles Clippers acquiring Paul George is the worst trade of all time. Most fans agreed that it wasn’t, noting that the Clippers got Kawhi Leonard as a result of the trade as well. A fan said, “All time? They literally had to create a rule for Ted Stepien.” Others…

Shaquille O’Neal has never been a big fan of Dwight Howard, and he continues to make it evident over a decade after his retirement. Howard has not enjoyed the success O’Neal did in his career, but in his prime, he was the league’s premier big man, and the praise lavished on him seemingly got to Shaq a lot. Shaquille O’Neal was untouchable in his prime, the most dominant force the NBA had ever seen. But his production dropped quite a bit after he left the Los Angeles Lakers and subsequently the Miami Heat. By the time he joined the Boston Celtics…

Stephen Curry is the greatest shooter of all time and there is no doubt about that. The Golden State Warriors superstar has changed the game for good, and whether we like it or not, the three-point shot is the most valuable weapon in the NBA. Steph is the most unselfish star ever for the fact that he is always willing to welcome in other elite players when it comes to winning championships. Offensively, Curry could be the best scorer at the point guard spot because he has a career 24.5 PPG average on 42.8% from three. Meanwhile, Magic Johnson achieved…

When a franchise dishes out a contract, the team is always looking for value in return. While we can be enamored with the athleticism of these players, the league is a business at the end of the day. Teams must negotiate with players and their agents on what are the appropriate terms for the team investing in that player. For superstars, those contracts can work their way up to $60 million in salary. With inflation, who knows what the next record for a single-season salary will be? When a player doesn’t live up to standards, it can cause a fuss…

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Conjoined ᴛᴡɪɴꜱ Erin and Abby, who were 10 months old, were successfully split apart on June 6, 2017, by doctors at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Parents About 11 weeks into Heather and Riley Delaney’s pregnancy, they discovered that Heather was having conjoined ᴛᴡɪɴꜱ. On July 24, 2016, Abby and Erin Delaney were delivered in CHOP’s Garbose Family Special Delivery Unit after being under the hospital’s Center for Fetal Diagnosis & Treatment’s ᴄʟᴏsᴇ observation. The least frequent form of conjoined ᴛᴡɪɴꜱ, craniopagus, caused the Delaney ᴛᴡɪɴꜱ to be linked at the top of their heads. The girls were the first craniopagus…