Sea star’s ability to clone itself may empower this mystery globetrotter — ScienceDaily
For decades, biologists have captured tiny sea star larvae in their nets that did not match the adults of any known species. A Smithsonian team recently discovered what these larvae…
Modelling extreme magnetic fields and temperature variation on distant stars
IMAGE: The maps show the heat distribution. The bue regions are cooler – and the yellow regions are hotter. It describes data taken from the following magentars: 4U 0142+61, 1E…
Modeling temperature variation on distant stars
The cooler (blue) and hotter regions (yellow) on a magnetar. The source data came from magnetars: 4U 0142+61, 1E 1547.0-5408, XTE J1810–197, SGR 1900 + 14. Credit: University of Leeds New research is…
Rare Peacock Stars Could Potentially Detonate Deadly Gamma Rays In The Milky Way [Video]
KEY POINTS Gamma-ray bursts are one of the most energetic occurrences in the universe Apep’s two stars are 10 to 15 times more massive and 100,000 times brighter than the…
In Stars of Science First, Jury Decides No Elimination
DOHA, Qatar, Oct. 11, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — For the first time in the history of Qatar Foundation’s Stars of Science, the jury agreed to advance all top eight contestants in the…
AI Created a Detailed 3D Map of Stars, Galaxies, and Quasars
Pan-STARRS telescope in Hawai’iImage: University of Hawai’i A team of astronomers from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s Institute for Astronomy (IfA) has produced the most comprehensive astronomical imaging catalog…
Hubble sees swirls of forming stars
Located in the constellation of Fornax (the Furnace), the blue and fiery orange swirls show us where stars have just formed and the dusty sites of future stellar nurseries. Credit:…
Qatar Foundation’s Stars Of Science Selects Season 12’s Top Eight Innovators
DOHA, Qatar, Oct. 4, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Eight innovators have distinguished themselves during the auditions for Qatar Foundation’s Stars of Science moving on to compete to become this season’s Top…
Why Some Stars Never Form Planets
The star cluster NGC 6604 is shown in this image taken by the Wide Field Imager attached to the … [+] 2.2-metre MPG/ESO telescope at the La Silla Observatory in…
Pair of massive baby stars swaddled in salty water vapor
ALMA composite image of a binary massive protostar IRAS 16547-4247. Different colors show the different distributions of dust particles (yellow), methyl cyanide (CH3CN, red), salt (NaCl, green), and hot water…