A newly designed, AI-powered program could solve the puzzle of binary stars in mere seconds using a common laptop, a process that currently takes supercomputer clusters weeks.

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This gives us a second binary number, 000010010010000100001001. The final step of solving Sequence B lies in the way the clues are presented in the main puzzle view. They’re listed vertically ...

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Though fascinating in itself, the sighting of the deteriorating binary star could also fill an empty slot in a long-standing cosmic puzzle. "This is exciting; it's a missing evolutionary link in ...