Fermi spots a supernova"s "fizzled" gamma-ray burst
On Aug. 26, 2020, NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope detected a pulse of high-energy radiation that had been racing toward Earth for nearly half the present age of the universe. Lasting only about a second, it turned out to be one for the record.....»»
Red Alert: Massive stars sound warning they are about to go supernova
Astronomers from Liverpool John Moores University and the University of Montpellier have devised an 'early warning' system to sound the alert when a massive star is about to end its life in a supernova explosion. The work was published in Monthly Not.....»»
Keysight Vision 400 Series Network Packet Brokers eliminate blind spots in high-speed networks
Keysight Technologies has released new Vision 400 Series Network Packet Brokers to deliver visibility in high-speed 400G hybrid networks. Networks are gaining speed and complexity to support hybrid IT networks and multi-cloud business deployments for.....»»
Galileo confirmed as author of pseudonymous 17th century astronomy text
It's a biting rebuttal to a philosopher's ideas about the 1604 supernova ("stella nova"). Enlarge / Portrait of Galileo Galilei by Justus Sustermans, 1636. Uffizi Museum, Florence. (credit: Public domain) In August, we reporte.....»»
Best mesh WiFi routers for 2022
Do you have a large home where you’re finding a lot of dead spots when it comes to WiFi? Then perhaps a mesh WiFi router system might be one that’s worth investing in, and here are some of our suggestions. The post Best mesh WiFi routers for 2022.....»»
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Hubble spots cocoon of gas protecting galaxy for the first time
Research using the Hubble Space Telescope reveals a protective shield which has kept two of our neighboring galaxies safe for billions of years......»»
Are you inundated by a never-ending stream of cyberattacks?
Trellix released global research revealing the cost of siloed security, weak spots in protection, and lack of confidence amongst security operations teams. The study of 9,000 global cybersecurity professionals also looks to the future of security and.....»»
Study offers new perspective on 2008 housing crash
It's been 15 years since the 2008 housing bubble burst and sent the American economy into a tailspin, but pundits and academics are still trying to get a full picture of what caused the housing crash......»»
New research finds that viruses may have "eyes and ears" on us
New UMBC-led research in Frontiers in Microbiology suggests that viruses are using information from their environment to "decide" when to sit tight inside their hosts and when to multiply and burst out, killing the host cell. The work has implication.....»»
NASA’s Earth Observatory spots newly birthed island in the Pacific
NASA has spotted a newly birthed island out in the Pacific Ocean. The island is the result of a series of eruptions from a volcano situated in the Home Reef, a seamount in the Central Tonga Islands. NASA says the seamount repeatedly oozed lava and ej.....»»
The best Warzone landing spots for all maps during Season 5
The odds are immediately stacked against you in Warzone, but you can increase them by landing in the best spot. Here, we'll go through the best places to land......»»
South Africa"s farm exports are an economic lifeline, with weak spots
International trade has been at the core of South Africa's agricultural progress since the early 2000s. Since 1994, the country has excelled in opening up new markets, as evidenced by several free trade agreements with critical regional and internati.....»»
Honda brand dinged by dealers in NADA survey for scant product availability
Honda dropped from the top five spots listed in the National Automobile Dealers Association Dealer Attitude Survey for the time since 2015. Low product availability is the root cause of the slide......»»
Burst mining dam in South Africa: What must be done to prevent another disaster
Jagersfontien, a small town in the middle of South Africa with over a century of mining history, awoke to a tragic failure of responsibility on 11 September 2022 when torrents of muddy water cascaded over the embankments that were meant to hold it ba.....»»
Biomimetic dual-color domes programmable for encryption
Many organisms in nature have evolved spots with two structural colors on their bodies, like the Papilio Palinurus butterfly. The green color on its wings derives from the turquoise-yellow dual color spots......»»
Astronomers wind back the clock to determine the timeline of a stellar explosion
While astronomers have seen the debris from scores of exploded stars in the Milky Way and nearby galaxies, it is often difficult to determine the timeline of the star's demise. By studying the spectacular remains of a supernova in a neighboring galax.....»»
Gamma rays from a dwarf galaxy solve an astronomical puzzle
A glowing blob known as "the cocoon," which appears to be inside one of the enormous gamma-ray emanations from the center of our galaxy dubbed the "Fermi bubbles," has puzzled astronomers since it was discovered in 2012......»»
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Is the Psychedelic Therapy Bubble About to Burst?
A new paper argues that excitement has veered into misinformation—and scientists should be the ones to set things straight......»»
How superwinds help drive galactic development
Galactic superwinds—large outflows of gas created by a combination of supernova explosions and stellar winds—are closely connected to a galaxy's earliest stages of development and evolution, including aspects like its size, shape, and even how ma.....»»