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Astronomy Mar 11, 2024

Webb peers into the tendrils of NGC 604

Two new images from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope's NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) and MIRI (Mid-Infrared Instrument) showcase the star-forming region NGC 604, located in the Triangulum galaxy (M33), 2.73 million ...

Astronomy Mar 7, 2024

'Baby quasars': James Webb Space Telescope spots little giants in the deep past

The James Webb Space Telescope has made one of the most unexpected findings within its first year of service: A high number of faint little red dots in the distant universe could change the way we understand the genesis of ...

Condensed Matter Feb 27, 2024

Diamonds are a chip's best friend: Research determines spin-orbit effects on exciton complexes

Besides being "a girl's best friend," diamonds have broad industrial applications, such as in solid-state electronics. New technologies aim to produce high-purity synthetic crystals that become excellent semiconductors when ...

Astronomy Feb 26, 2024

Astronomers detect an extremely red supermassive black hole in the early universe growing in the shadows

Analyzing images from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), a group of astronomers led by Dr. Lukas Furtak and Prof. Adi Zitrin from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev has detected an extremely red, gravitationally lensed ...

Plants & Animals Feb 14, 2024

Changing the color of commonly used agricultural nets lessens insect damage to Kujo leek fields

Red nets are better at keeping away a common agricultural insect pest than typical black or white nets, according to a new study. Researchers have experimented with the effect of red, white, black and combination-colored ...

Analytical Chemistry Feb 13, 2024

Color-changing materials could safeguard nuclear material, other valuable substances

Every over-the-counter medication bottle sports a protective seal, usually a plastic wrap or foam layer, or both. These seals offer signs of tampering attempts. In a parallel concern, the International Atomic Energy Agency ...

Astronomy Feb 7, 2024

Gamma-ray bursts: Harvesting knowledge from the universe's most powerful explosions

The most powerful events in the known universe—gamma-ray bursts (GRBs)—are short-lived outbursts of the highest-energy light. They can erupt with a quintillion (a 10 followed by 18 zeros) times the luminosity of our sun. ...

Space Exploration Feb 5, 2024

Tiny NASA cameras to picture interaction between lander, moon's surface

Say cheese, moon. We're coming in for a close-up. As Intuitive Machines' Nova-C lander descends toward the moon, four tiny NASA cameras will be trained on the lunar surface, collecting imagery of how the surface changes from ...

Astronomy Feb 1, 2024

Observations shed more light on the properties of the nearest tidal disruption event

An international team of astronomers has conducted multiwavelength observations of AT 2023clx—the closest to Earth tidal disruption event (TDE). Results of the observational campaign, published Jan. 22 on the pre-print ...

Astronomy Jan 29, 2024

NASA's Webb depicts staggering structure in 19 nearby spiral galaxies

A new treasure trove of Webb images has arrived. Near- and mid-infrared images show off every facet of these face-on spiral galaxies.

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