Scientists have identified a region in the Milky Way capable of accelerating particles to super-high energy levels.
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Huge set of galaxies is set to form largest cluster in known universe
Astronomers have spotted a gargantuan protocluster – the primordial beginnings of a galaxy cluster – by searching near a quasar in the early universe.
By Alex Wilkins
Dracula’s Chivito: New Protoplanetary Disk discovered with Pan-STARRS
A protoplanetary disk is a disk of dense gas and dust, orbiting a newly formed star. It is assumed that planets are born by the gradual accumulation of material in such a structure, therefore discoveries and studies of protoplanetary disks are essential for improving our understanding of planetary formation processes.
Now, a team of astronomers led by Ciprian T. Berghea of the U.S. Naval Observatory (USNO) in Washington, DC, has discovered a new disk of this type that is associated with an infrared source known as IRAS 23077+6707. The finding was made by inspecting the Pan-STARRS data while working on a variability study of active galactic nuclei (AGN) candidates.
Galactic Wave May Have Crossed Paths With Earth, Scientists Find
The more we learn about Earth’s past, the wilder it gets.
Known as the Radcliffe Wave, astronomers have discovered that this chain of stars, gas, and dust is propagating like a wave, too.
Third Time’s a Charm — Lunar Library Successfully Lands on the Moon — Backup of Human Civilization Will Last for Up To Billions of Years
Could we disregard author rights for the sake of putting civ backup?
And put a lot more or at least more chosen pieces (but what to choose)?
We are thrilled to announce that on February 22, 2024, our third attempt to land the Arch Mission Foundation’s 30 million page Lunar Library on the Moon has succeeded!
NASA Rover Spots Dead Mars Helicopter in Its “Final Resting Place”
NASA’s Mars helicopter, Ingenuity, has seen its last days of flight — but its friend, the Perseverance rover, hasn’t said goodbye just yet.
Originally published earlier this month by NASA, the grainy raw images of Ingenuity sitting sadly in the sand ripples of Mars’ Neretva Vallis river valley, cleaned up images of the little chopper that could were posted by German design student Simeon Schmauss on on X-formerly-Twitter and Flickr.
The enhanced displays, as Schmauss explained, were created when he pasted together six of the raw images, zoomed in on Ingenuity, and altered the image’s colors “to approximately match what the human eye would see.”