'Pompom' stars may solve quasar puzzle
Gas filaments surrounding stars like the strands of a pompom may be the answer to a 30-year old mystery: why quasars twinkle.
Astronomy
Jun 28, 2017
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Magnetized gas flows feed a young star cluster
Observations of magnetic fields in interstellar clouds made of gas and dust indicate that these clouds are strongly magnetized, and that magnetic fields influence the formation of stars within them. A key observation is that ...
Astronomy
Aug 18, 2020
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Double trouble (w/ Video)
Two solar eruptions expand side-by-side into space in this movie, playing out in front of the ESA/NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory, SOHO, on 1–2 July 2013.
Space Exploration
Jul 23, 2013
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Simulating and optimizing industrial spinning processes
Spinning polymer filaments, for example for personal care articles, is highly complex: simulating the processes involved is too much for currently available computing power to handle. Fraunhofer researchers have successfully ...
Materials Science
May 2, 2019
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