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Browse through 3B celestial objects in Milky Way survey

A new survey of the Milky Way has been released containing more than 3 billion objects, making it one of the largest astronomical catalogs ever produced......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsJan 21st, 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 News20 hr. 26 min. ago

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

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

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

Scientists may soon be able to translate the languages plants use to communicate

We may very well be able to translate plant languages soon, scientists claim. While you might think of plants as passive objects just existing on … The post Scientists may soon be able to translate the languages plants use to communicate appear.....»»

Category: gadgetSource:  bgrRelated NewsSep 20th, 2024

Exoplanets could be hiding their atmospheres

Most of the exoplanets we've discovered orbit red dwarf stars. This isn't because red dwarfs are somehow special, simply that they are common. About 75% of the stars in the Milky Way are red dwarfs, so you would expect red dwarf planets to be the mos.....»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsSep 20th, 2024

Astronomers just detected the biggest black hole jets ever seen—and named them Porphyrion

The largest known black hole jets, 23 million light years across, have been discovered in the distant universe. This pair of particle beams launched by a supermassive black hole is over a hundred times larger than our galaxy, the Milky Way......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsSep 20th, 2024

This Southern California airport is the best in North America, survey says

This Southern California airport is the best in North America, survey says.....»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsSep 19th, 2024

Researchers spot largest black hole jets ever discovered

The jets are 140 times larger than the Milky Way. Enlarge / Artist's conception of a dark matter filament containing a galaxy with large jets. (Caltech noted that some details of this image were created using AI.) (credit: Martij.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsSep 18th, 2024

Why petting your cat leads to static electricity

Anyone who has ever pet a cat or shuffled their feet across the carpet knows that rubbing objects together generates static electricity. But an explanation for this phenomenon has eluded researchers for more than two millennia......»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsSep 18th, 2024

iOS 18 Apple Music helps you discover new music with the personalized New tab

Apple Music takes a significant-if-subtle step forward in iOS 18, with the New tab. ‘New’ is more than just a new name for the previous ‘Browse’ tab. Each user will see a different curated collection of music in the New tab, based on their.....»»

Category: gadgetSource:  9to5macRelated NewsSep 18th, 2024

PSA: AI-generated voice cloning scams are on the rise – secret code recommended

A survey by a UK bank suggests that AI-generated voice cloning scams are on the rise, with 28% claiming to have been targeted. It’s recommended that people agree a secret code to guard against the possibility of being take in … more….....»»

Category: gadgetSource:  9to5macRelated NewsSep 18th, 2024

Feedback: More than half of new-car buyers want introduction to service department, but most don"t get it, survey shows

While 51 percent of new-vehicle buyers said it was 'very important' to meet someone from the service department, only 37 percent did, according to a recent survey......»»

Category: topSource:  autonewsRelated NewsSep 17th, 2024

Study discovers that fruit flies" visual navigation tactics differ by environment

The fruit flies that hover around the apples on your counter have to navigate a cluttered environment to find that food, from the built environment and vegetation around your house to the objects in your kitchen. Desert fruit flies, not so much......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsSep 17th, 2024