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Astronomy 14 hours ago

New accreting millisecond X-ray pulsar discovered

Astronomers report the discovery of a new pulsar using the Spektr-RG space observatory. The newfound object, designated SRGA J144459.2−604207 (or SRGA J1444 for short), turns out to be a bursting accreting millisecond X-ray ...

Astronomy 10 hours ago

How NASA's Roman mission will hunt for primordial black holes

Astronomers have discovered black holes ranging from a few times the sun's mass to tens of billions. Now a group of scientists has predicted that NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope could find a class of "featherweight" ...

General Physics 10 hours ago

Advanced experimental setup expands the hunt for hidden dark matter particles

Scientific evidence for dark matter comes from observing how it influences the motion of stars and galaxies. Scientists believe that dark matter may consist of particles. To search for these particles and their billiard ball-like ...

Plants & Animals 8 hours ago

Deep sea mining could be disastrous for marine animals

In a recent study published in Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, researchers of Wageningen University & Research and the University of Bergen have shown that release of deep-sea mining particles can ...

Astronomy 10 hours ago

A triumph of galaxies in three new images from the VLT Survey Telescope

Distant galaxies, interacting galaxies, whose shape has been forged by the mutual gravitational influence, but also galaxies forming groups and clusters, kept together by gravity—they are the protagonists of three new images ...

Astronomy 10 hours ago

Hubble views a galaxy with a voracious black hole

Bright, starry spiral arms surround an active galactic center in this new NASA Hubble Space Telescope image of the galaxy NGC 4951.

General Physics 6 hours ago

Proton-lithium interactions model lays the foundation for unlocking the secrets of stellar reactions

The reactions between protons and lithium isotopes, especially lithium-6, are pivotal for several domains ranging from nuclear energy applications to astrophysics. The detailed understanding of these interactions aids in ...

Environment 16 hours ago

White House environmental official tours PFAS-site in Minnesota

A member of President Joe Biden's administration stopped in the city of Lake Elmo, Minnesota, on May 6 to talk PFAS with local officials, visiting an area that's been at the forefront of contamination just three weeks after ...

Environment 20 hours ago

No letup yet for flood-battered southern Brazil

The rains may have abated, but floodwaters continued their assault on southern Brazil Monday, with hundreds of municipalities in ruins amid fears that food and drinking water may soon run out.

Astronomy May 6, 2024

Study investigates a nearby M-dwarf binary system

Using the Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA), astronomers have explored a nearby binary stellar system composed of two M dwarfs, known as LP 349−25AB. Results of the study, presented April 25 on the pre-print server arXiv, ...

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