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September 28, 2018

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2018/09/news-chandra-xray-hubble-galaxy-collide-black-hole-neutron-star-image/

National Geographic was founded in 1888, 130 years ago as a very prestigious academic society. It is now based out of Washington D.C., and partnered with 21st Century Fox, operates the National Geographic magazine, website, TV channel and so on. The organization is very pro-science and does not have much political bias to it. National Geographic has established a huge name for itself worldwide and has several TV channels to cater to different sections of the globe. The organization's interests include geography, archaeology, natural sciences among other scientific and historic subjects.
This article in particular, found on the website speaks of a massive astronomic discovery. Two spiral galaxies were able to catch onto each other's gravitational pull and eventually "collided" to create a ring galaxy filled with neutron stars and black holes. While nearly nothing actually ran into each other due to the massive space between stellar objects, the gravitational force created a massive impact between these objects and in the process, many new stars were formed in addition to the ones that already existed.
Much of this article's rhetoric appeal are from logos and pathos. Much of the logos appeal can be attributed to the informational nature of the article and source. The author, Lunn, uses scientific jargon extensively to stretch the appeal more. The specificity of information and dates of previous discoveries also lend a hand to logos appeals. Lunn also uses many quotes from the individual researchers and scientists to establish pathos from their excitement of the discovery. There is also an amount of ethos within the article because of the credibility of the source and the idea that any information discovered would be beneficial to the world.
This article is interesting personally because there is so much about space and astronomy that we do not know, sure there are many laws and theories throughout the different branches of science that we can use to predict, but due to the infinite size of our universe, there will never be a definite way to tell. This discovery gives much information to the life cycle of stars and any data, new or old, is useful and important in science.