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Newswise: Rensselaer Researcher Receives DOE Grant To Develop Models That Track the Formation of Black Holes
Released: 18-Mar-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Rensselaer Researcher Receives DOE Grant To Develop Models That Track the Formation of Black Holes
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)

When a star goes supernova, a massive burst of neutrinos is the first signal that can escape the density of the collapsing star. Detecting and analyzing this phenomenon in real time would allow us insight into stellar dynamics and, potentially, black hole formation.

Released: 14-Mar-2024 5:05 PM EDT
With NASA support, device for future lunar mission being developed at WashU
Washington University in St. Louis

Scientists at Washington University in St. Louis are developing a prototype for an instrument for a future Moon mission with support from a nearly $3 million grant from NASA.

Newswise:Video Embedded hubble-tracks-jupiter-s-stormy-weather
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Released: 14-Mar-2024 10:00 AM EDT
Hubble Tracks Jupiter's Stormy Weather
Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI)

The giant planet Jupiter, in all its banded glory, is revisited by Hubble in images taken Jan. 5-6, 2024, capturing both sides of the planet. The many large storms and small white clouds are a hallmark of activity in Jupiter's atmosphere.

8-Mar-2024 8:05 AM EST
Do Astronauts Experience “Space Headaches”?
American Academy of Neurology (AAN)

Space travel and zero gravity can take a toll on the body. A new study has found that astronauts with no prior history of headaches may experience migraine and tension-type headaches during long-haul space flight, which includes more than 10 days in space. The study was published in the March 13, 2024, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

Released: 13-Mar-2024 12:05 PM EDT
Explaining a supernova's 'string of pearls'
University of Michigan

Physicists often turn to the Rayleigh-Taylor instability to explain why fluid structures form in plasmas, but that may not be the full story when it comes to the ring of hydrogen clumps around supernova 1987A, research from the University of Michigan suggests.

Newswise: Cheers! NASA’s Webb Finds Ethanol, Other Icy Ingredients for Worlds
Released: 13-Mar-2024 9:00 AM EDT
Cheers! NASA’s Webb Finds Ethanol, Other Icy Ingredients for Worlds
Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI)

A new Webb study of two protostars, so young that they have not yet formed planets, has found a variety of molecules ranging from relatively simple ones like methane to complex compounds like acetic acid (familiar to cooks as an ingredient in vinegar). These molecules constitute key ingredients for worlds that might one day host life.

Released: 13-Mar-2024 8:20 AM EDT
Upcoming Solar Eclipse—Mount Sinai Ophthalmologists Warn About Dangers of Looking Directly at the Sun
Mount Sinai Health System

Warning follows Mount Sinai’s landmark eye damage case linked to the 2017 eclipse

Newswise: Condor Telescope Reveals a New World for Astrophysicists
Released: 12-Mar-2024 12:05 PM EDT
Condor Telescope Reveals a New World for Astrophysicists
Stony Brook University

A new telescope called the “Condor Array Telescope” may open up a new world of the very-low-brightness Universe for astrophysicists.

Released: 12-Mar-2024 12:05 PM EDT
Don’t Get Burned: Retina Specialists Share Eclipse Safety Tips
American Society of Retina Specialists

On April 8, 2024, 40 million people across the United States, Canada, and Mexico will have the opportunity to experience a true celestial spectacle, a rare total solar eclipse as the moon passes between the sun and the Earth, blocking daylight for several minutes.

Newswise: Filamentos estelares fantasmales capturados con la imagen de DECam más grande jamás publicada
Released: 12-Mar-2024 11:00 AM EDT
Filamentos estelares fantasmales capturados con la imagen de DECam más grande jamás publicada
NSF's NOIRLab

Con la poderosa Cámara de Energía Oscura (DECam por sus siglas en inglés) de 570 megapíxeles, fabricada por el Departamento de Energía de Estados Unidos, los astrónomos han construido una imagen gigante de 1,3 gigapíxeles que muestra la parte central del remanente de Supernova Vela, un cadáver cósmico de una gigantesca estrella que explotó como una supernova. DECam es uno de los instrumentos de imágenes de campo amplio más productivos del mundo y está montada en el Telescopio de 4 metros Víctor M. Blanco de la Fundación Nacional de Ciencias de EE.UU en el Observatorio Interamericano Cerro Tololo en Chile, un Programa de NOIRLab de NSF.

Newswise: Filamentos estelares fantasmales capturados con la imagen de DECam más grande jamás publicada
Released: 12-Mar-2024 11:00 AM EDT
Filamentos estelares fantasmales capturados con la imagen de DECam más grande jamás publicada
NSF's NOIRLab

Con la poderosa Cámara de Energía Oscura (DECam por sus siglas en inglés) de 570 megapíxeles, fabricada por el Departamento de Energía de Estados Unidos, los astrónomos han construido una imagen gigante de 1,3 gigapíxeles que muestra la parte central del remanente de Supernova Vela, un cadáver cósmico de una gigantesca estrella que explotó como una supernova. DECam es uno de los instrumentos de imágenes de campo amplio más productivos del mundo y está montada en el Telescopio de 4 metros Víctor M. Blanco de la Fundación Nacional de Ciencias de EE.UU en el Observatorio Interamericano Cerro Tololo en Chile, un Programa de NOIRLab de NSF.

Newswise: Ghostly Stellar Tendrils Captured in Largest DECam Image Ever Released
Released: 12-Mar-2024 11:00 AM EDT
Ghostly Stellar Tendrils Captured in Largest DECam Image Ever Released
NSF's NOIRLab

With the powerful, 570-megapixel Department of Energy-fabricated Dark Energy Camera (DECam), astronomers have constructed a massive 1.3-gigapixel image showcasing the central part of the Vela Supernova Remnant, the cosmic corpse of a gigantic star that exploded as a supernova.

Newswise: Ghostly Stellar Tendrils Captured in Largest DECam Image Ever Released
Released: 12-Mar-2024 11:00 AM EDT
Ghostly Stellar Tendrils Captured in Largest DECam Image Ever Released
NSF's NOIRLab

With the powerful, 570-megapixel Department of Energy-fabricated Dark Energy Camera (DECam), astronomers have constructed a massive 1.3-gigapixel image showcasing the central part of the Vela Supernova Remnant, the cosmic corpse of a gigantic star that exploded as a supernova.

Newswise: Ultrablack Coating Could Make Next-Gen Telescopes Even Better
7-Mar-2024 11:05 AM EST
Ultrablack Coating Could Make Next-Gen Telescopes Even Better
American Institute of Physics (AIP)

For telescopes operating in the vacuum of space, or optical equipment in extreme environments, existing coatings are often insufficient. In the Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology Aresearchers in China turned to atomic layer deposition and developed an ultrablack thin-film coating for aerospace-grade magnesium alloys. The team used alternating layers of aluminum-doped titanium carbide and silicon nitride and together the materials prevent nearly all light from reflecting off the coated surface. The coating absorbs 99.3% of light while being durable enough to survive in harsh conditions.

Newswise:Video Embedded peering-into-the-tendrils-of-ngc-604-with-nasa-s-webb
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Released: 9-Mar-2024 3:40 PM EST
Peering Into the Tendrils of NGC 604 with NASA's Webb
Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI)

In the astronomy field, the term “nearby” is quite relative. Neighboring galaxies to our home galaxy, the Milky Way, are a few million light-years away. In contrast, some of the most distant galaxies ever detected, closer to the Big Bang, are billions of light-years away.

Released: 6-Mar-2024 10:05 AM EST
What Are Hubble and Webb Observing Right Now? NASA Tool Has the Answer
Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI)

Space Telescope Live provides an interactive way to explore the most accurate, up-to-date, publicly available information on current, past, and upcoming observations by NASA’s Hubble and Webb space telescopes.

Released: 6-Mar-2024 6:05 AM EST
Astronomers & Engineers Use a Grid of Computers at a National Scale to Study the Universe 300 Times Faster
National Radio Astronomy Observatory

The Universe is almost inconceivably vast. So is the amount of data astronomers collect when they study it. This is a challenging process for the scientists and engineers at the U.S. National Science Foundation’s National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO). But what if they could do it over 300 times faster?

Released: 5-Mar-2024 11:05 AM EST
A Dark Matter Detective
The Fannie and John Hertz Foundation

Hertz Fellow Katelin Schutz thinks existing experimental data across many fields of physics and cosmology can be re-analyzed through a “dark matter lens.”

Newswise: NASA uses ORNL supercomputers to plan smooth landing on Mars
Released: 29-Feb-2024 5:05 PM EST
NASA uses ORNL supercomputers to plan smooth landing on Mars
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Since 2019, a team of NASA scientists and their partners have been using NASA’s FUN3D software on supercomputers located at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility, or OLCF, to conduct computational fluid dynamics, or CFD, simulations of a human-scale Mars lander. The team’s ongoing research project is a first step in determining how to safely land a vehicle with humans onboard onto the surface of Mars.


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