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Billions of celestial objects revealed in gargantuan survey of the Milky Way

Astronomers have released a gargantuan survey of the galactic plane of the Milky Way. The new dataset contains a staggering 3.32 billion celestial objects—arguably the largest such catalog so far. The data for this unprecedented survey were taken w.....»»

Category: topSource:  theglobeandmailJan 18th, 2023

Precise locations of more than 1 million galaxies revealed

The Physics of the Accelerating Universe Survey (PAUS), an international collaboration across 14 institutions, has covered a sky area of 50 square degrees, similar to approximately 250 full moons......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsSep 28th, 2024

See the wonders of the Milky Way in this new infrared map

The European Southern Observatory’s VISTA telescope has collected more than 500 terabytes of data on our galaxy......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsSep 27th, 2024

Lenovo just let slip that it’s working on two new handhelds

Lenovo has accidently revealed the names Legion Go Lite and Legion Go Gen 2 in a product document......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsSep 27th, 2024

Marine dust identifies 1.5 million year Oldest Ice near South America

Earth's climate has experienced major shifts over its billions of years of history, including numerous periods where ice proliferated across the planet. Today, ice cores can be a valuable resource for understanding these periods of Earth's history as.....»»

Category: topSource:  theglobeandmailRelated NewsSep 27th, 2024

Sloth survival under threat due to climate change, study finds

A new PeerJ study has revealed that sloths, the famously slow-moving creatures of Central and South America, may face existential threats due to climate change. The research, conducted by scientists studying the metabolic response of sloths to rising.....»»

Category: topSource:  theglobeandmailRelated NewsSep 27th, 2024

Amazon staff very upset about return-to-office order, according to survey

Amazon's corporate workers were recently told they'll soon have to return to the office five days a week. And most seem very unhappy about it......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsSep 27th, 2024

Amazon staff very upset about return-to-office order, survey suggests

Amazon's corporate workers were recently told they'll soon have to return to the office five days a week. And most seem very unhappy about it......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsSep 27th, 2024

Jackbox is going all in on survey games with next release

Instead of another Jackbox Party Pack, the party game developer is releasing another spinoff this year with the Survey Scramble......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsSep 26th, 2024

Existence of an Earth-like planet around a dead sun offers hope for our planet"s ultimate survival

The discovery of an Earth-like planet 4,000 light years away in the Milky Way galaxy provides a preview of one possible fate for our planet billions of years in the future, when the sun has turned into a white dwarf, and a blasted and frozen Earth ha.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsSep 26th, 2024

How special is the Milky Way galaxy? Survey team releases new findings

Is our home galaxy, the Milky Way galaxy, a special place? A team of scientists started a journey to answer this question more than a decade ago. Commenced in 2013, the Satellites Around Galactic Analogs (SAGA) Survey studies galaxy systems like the.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsSep 25th, 2024

Two-thirds of children interact daily online with people they don"t know despite grooming fears

A new research report released by Western Sydney University and Save the Children has revealed more than 6 in 10 children with access to the internet interact with "unknown others" daily despite concerns about online grooming, highlighting children's.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsSep 25th, 2024

Frozen in time: Rock fossils hint at Mars"s ancient climate

Long ago, flowing wind and water shaped Mars's malleable sand and sediment into dunes, ripples and other landscape patterns, called bedforms. Over billions of years, some of these landforms hardened into rock—scientists then call them paleo-bedform.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsSep 25th, 2024

Study shows Mars" early thick atmosphere could be locked up in the planet"s clay surface

Mars wasn't always the cold desert we see today. There's increasing evidence that water once flowed on the red planet's surface, billions of years ago. And if there was water, there must also have been a thick atmosphere to keep that water from freez.....»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsSep 25th, 2024

Assassin’s Creed Shadows delayed into 2025 as Ubisoft overhauls launch plans

Ubisoft has revealed a last-minute Assassin's Creed Shadows delay to next year after Star Wars Outlaws failed to meet expectations......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsSep 25th, 2024

Roborock Qrevo Curv vs. Roborock Qrevo Edge: What’s the difference?

Roborock Roborock recently revealed a flurry of products, including the premium and Qrevo Edge. Both are designed as high-end solutions to all your floor-cleaning needs. Whether it’s vacuuming carpets or mopping tile, these versatile robots can han.....»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsSep 24th, 2024

New study reveals how much influence global powers have on the economy

Do the United States and China truly shape the global economic agenda? A new study investigating the relationship between global powers and the stock market has revealed they have more economic influence than previously thought......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsSep 24th, 2024

Colleges barred from offering money to student-athletes are offering them multimillion-dollar coaches instead

West Virginia University research has revealed that college football coaches' paychecks influence the quality of the players they're able to recruit......»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsSep 24th, 2024

A magnetic halo in the Milky Way: New discoveries about galactic outflows

A new study led by the National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF), and with contributions from Radboud University's Marijke Haverkorn, has unveiled significant insights into the Milky Way: a magnetized galactic halo......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsSep 23rd, 2024

Observations confirm that early-universe quasar neighborhoods are densely populated with companion galaxies

Quasars are the most luminous objects in the universe and are powered by material accreting onto supermassive black holes at the centers of galaxies......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsSep 23rd, 2024

Even the heaviest particles experience the usual quantum weirdness, new experiment shows

One of the most surprising predictions of physics is entanglement, a phenomenon where objects can be some distance apart but still linked together. The best-known examples of entanglement involve tiny chunks of light (photons), and low energies......»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsSep 21st, 2024