TIC 290061484 contains a pair of stars orbiting each other every 1.8 days, and a third star that circles the pair in just 25 days. The discovery smashes the record for shortest outer orbital period for this type of system, set by Lambda Tauri in 1956, which had a third star orbiting an inner pair
In August 2024, ESA’s JUpiter ICy Moons Explorer (JUICE) made history with a daring Moon-Earth flyby and double gravity assist maneuver. As the spacecraft zipped past our Moon and home planet, NASA’s Jovian Energetic Neutrals and Ions (JENI) instrument onboard JUICE captured the sharpest-ever image of Earth’s radiation belts — swaths of charged particles trapped
Mount Everest, also known as Chomolungma in Tibetan or Sagarmāthā in Nepali, is about 15 to 50 m taller than it would otherwise be because of uplift caused by a nearby eroding river gorge, and continues to grow because of it, according to new research. Han et al. found that erosion from a river network
The new image of the Rosette Nebula was taken by the Dark Energy Camera (DECam), mounted on NSF’s Víctor M. Blanco 4-m telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile, a Program of NOIRLab. Cradled within the fiery petals of the Rosette Nebula is NGC 2244, the young star cluster which it nurtured. Image credit:
Fossilized remains found in Patagonia, Argentina back in 2009 represent a new genus and species of plant-eating dinosaur that belonged to a group called Rebbachisauridae. Campananeyen fragilissimus. Image credit: Fundación Azara. The newly-discovered dinosaur species lived in Patagonia between 99 to 96 million years ago (Late Cretaceous epoch). Dubbed Campananeyen fragilissimus, the ancient plant-eater was
Three-body nuclear systems are key to many aspects of modern nuclear physics, such as understanding the equation of state of high-density nuclear matter and the composition of neutron star cores. In particular, scattering data from deuterons (bound proton-neutron pairs) and hadrons offer important ingredients for constraining parameters of nuclear interactions. Physicists with the ALICE Collaboration
Felicity Bradstock Felicity Bradstock is a freelance writer specialising in Energy and Finance. She has a Master’s in International Development from the University of Birmingham, UK. More Info Premium Content By Felicity Bradstock - Oct 20, 2024, 2:00 PM CDT Private companies have committed over $31 billion to UK renewable energy projects, spurred by Labour’s
Weighted blankets can help to improve sleep in adults with insomnia and other mental health conditions, including anxiety and depression, but results are mixed for children, according to a new review paper published in The American Journal of Occupational Therapy. Dawson et al. suggest that occupational therapists should consider offering or recommending weighted blankets as
Early galaxies are dominated by bright clumps, which are larger and more massive than in the local Universe. The star formation activity is strongly influenced and can be even halted by a number of processes, some of which are directly related to the environment in which the galaxy resides. Ram pressure stripping, i.e. the removal
Felicity Bradstock Felicity Bradstock is a freelance writer specialising in Energy and Finance. She has a Master’s in International Development from the University of Birmingham, UK. More Info Premium Content By Felicity Bradstock - Oct 19, 2024, 4:00 PM CDT Alberta's government has imposed restrictions on renewable energy projects, claiming that it would prioritize agriculture
The challenge of powering energy-intensive AI data centers is a growing concern for companies like Microsoft and Oracle who are exploring options like nuclear power, but now, researchers from the Distance University of Madrid (UDIMA) in Spain and Mision Critica-Data Center in Bogotá, Colombia have approached the energy issue differently. Rather than focusing on powering
