'Engine' of luminous merging galaxies pinpointed for the first time
Researchers used the James Webb Space Telescope to identify the precise location of a powerful energy source hidden by cosmic dust in the luminous merging galaxy IIZw096.
Researchers used the James Webb Space Telescope to identify the precise location of a powerful energy source hidden by cosmic dust in the luminous merging galaxy IIZw096.
Astronomy
Feb 6, 2023
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In situ observation and recording of important liquid-phase electrochemical reactions in energy devices is crucial for the advancement of energy science.
Nanophysics
Jan 31, 2023
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Using the European VLBI Network (EVN), an international team of astronomers has performed high-resolution imaging observations of a powerful and radio-loud high-redshift quasar known as J2102+6015. Results of the observational ...
Black holes are gatherers, not hunters. They lie in wait until a hapless star wanders by. When the star gets close enough, the black hole's gravitational grasp violently rips it apart and sloppily devours its gasses while ...
Astronomy
Jan 13, 2023
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The chemistry of planet formation has fascinated researchers for decades because the chemical reservoir in protoplanetary disks—the dust and gas from which planets form—directly impacts planet composition and potential ...
Astronomy
Jan 10, 2023
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In rare good news for the environment, a UN report confirmed Monday that the hole in the ozone layer that had been threatening Earth since the 1980s is shrinking.
Environment
Jan 9, 2023
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A new study has analyzed the potential of a bacterium for biological control of the fungus Hemileia vastatrix, which causes coffee rust, a major challenge for Brazilian coffee growers. An article on the study is published ...
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 20, 2022
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This sparkling new image depicts a small section of the Carina Nebula, one of the NASA Hubble Space Telescope's most-imaged objects. The Carina Nebula, NGC 3372, is an enormous cloud of gas and dust home to several massive ...
Astronomy
Dec 15, 2022
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Assuring that a growing global population has access to clean water will require new water treatment methods. One of these next-generation methods involves a form of iron called ferrate, which creates fewer toxic byproducts ...
Analytical Chemistry
Dec 9, 2022
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Open cluster KMHK 1231 is a group of stars loosely bound by gravity. Seen in the upper right of this Hubble Space Telescope image, this cluster in the Large Magellanic Cloud is surrounded by a crimson nebula of gas and dust ...
Astronomy
Dec 7, 2022
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