Cosmic
A cosmic mystery: Astronomers capture dying star blowing smoke rings
Enlarge / A rendering of the star V Hydrae, or V Hya for short. In its death throes, the star emitted a series of expanding rings that scientists calculated are being formed every few hundred years, per UCLA astronomer Mark Morris. ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/S. Dagnello (NRAO/AUI/NSF) Astronomers have caught a red giant star going through its …
Need a break? Go out of this world with NASA’s trove of cosmic images
by: Alexa Mencia and Nexstar Media Wire Posted: Nov 3, 2020 / 07:03 AM CST / Updated: Nov 3, 2020 / 07:03 AM CST CHICAGO (NewsNation Now) — For those who need a brief reprieve, NASA has shared several cosmic images that can take you out of this world, even just for a moment. The …
Black holes: Cosmic signal rattles Earth after 7 billion years
Image copyright LIGO-VIRGO Collaboration Image caption An artist’s impression of the last moments before the merger of two black holes Imagine the energy of eight Suns released in an instant. This is the gravitational “shockwave” that spread out from the biggest merger yet observed between two black holes. The signal from this event travelled for …
Biggest cosmic mystery ‘step closer’ to solution
Image copyright Kamioka Observatory / ICRR / Uni Tokyo Image caption The Super Kamiokande detector consists of a cylindrical steel tank holding 50,000 tonnes of purified water. The detector wall is covered in photo-sensors known as photo-multiplier tubes (PMTs) Stars, galaxies, planets, pretty much everything that makes up our everyday lives owes its existence to …
Cosmic Crisp: New apple launched that ‘lasts for a year’
Image copyright PVM Image caption The apple’s red, shiny appearance means it is likely to prove popular on Instagram A new breed of apple that took two decades to develop and allegedly lasts for up to a year in the fridge goes on sale in the US on Sunday. The apple – Cosmic Crisp – …
Breaking Down the Cosmic Chaos of Worbital, Out Today on PS4 – PlayStation.Blog
Hello! It’s Sasu Kemppainen, Team Jolly Roger’s design lead, happy to pronounce our gravitational space artillery game, Worbital, finally releases today on Playstation 4! To celebrate, I thought to take a step back and look at the one element that makes Worbital Worbital and, basically, started it all: COSMIC CHAOS! Worbital is a real-time strategy …
Cosmic discoveries win Nobel prize in physics
Image caption James Peebles (L), Didier Queloz (C) and Michel Mayor (R) share the nine million kronor prize Three scientists have been awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics for “ground-breaking” discoveries about the Universe. James Peebles, Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz were announced as this year’s winners at a ceremony in Stockholm. They were …
