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Robin George Andrews

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Destruction from 1999 Taiwan earthquake.
Abstractions blog

New Earthquake Math Predicts How Destructive They’ll Be

By Robin George Andrews
April 21, 2020
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The “pinball” model of a slipping fault line borrows from the mathematics of avalanches.

Saturn’s rings colored by particle size.
planetary science

Are Saturn’s Rings Really as Young as the Dinosaurs?

By Robin George Andrews
November 21, 2019
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A surprisingly youthful estimate of the age of the rings has stirred a backlash.

Thumbnail: stylized illustration of a supernova
astrophysics

Long-Lived Stellar Blast Kindles Hope of a Supernova We’ve Never Seen Before

By Robin George Andrews
September 12, 2019
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A giant star’s death throes may offer the first evidence of a pair-instability supernova, and a glimpse of the first stars in the universe.


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