New look at a bright stellar nursery
This overlay shows radio (orange) and infrared images of a giant molecular cloud called W49A, where new stars are being formed. A team of astronomers led by Chris DePree of Agnes Scott College used the National Science Foundation's Karl G. Jansky Ver.....»»
Night-flying helicopters prepare to battle wildfire as heat wave bakes California
Clouds of dust swirled around the Santa Fe Dam in Irwindale as a massive helicopter hovered over a tank of wildfire retardant, dropped a long snorkel from its belly and sucked up 3,000 gallons of bright pink material in just about 90 seconds......»»
Webb Space Telescope reveals moment of stellar birth, dramatic close-up of 50 baby stars
The Webb Space Telescope is marking one year of cosmic photographs with one of its best yet: the dramatic close-up of dozens of stars at the moment of birth......»»
Light supergiant reveals a missing evolutionary stage
Dr. Varsha Ramachandran from the Center for Astronomy of Heidelberg University (ZAH) and her colleagues uncovered the first "stripped" star of intermediate-mass. This discovery marks a missing link in our picture of stellar evolution toward systems w.....»»
TXOne Networks introduces Stellar to secure OT/ICS devices from malware and abuse threats
TXOne Networks announced its Stellar solution for defending operational stability. Employing TXOne Networks’ approach to security, Cyber-Physical System Detection and Response (CPSDR), Stellar supports the priorities of security and operations.....»»
On the bright side, no more gray Fiats
The Italian automaker declared it will no longer produce gray cars. Instead, the brand's palette will be inspired by the Italian sea, sun, earth and sky......»»
Infiniti unveils showroom redo ahead of product revamp
Infiniti's future showrooms will be bright and airy, with lounge-like seating and premium furnishings......»»
Stellar demolition derby births powerful gamma-ray burst
While searching for the origins of a powerful gamma-ray burst (GRB), an international team of astrophysicists may have stumbled upon a new way to destroy a star......»»
Hubble captures galaxy NGC 7292
The galaxy NGC 7292 billows across this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, accompanied by a handful of bright stars and the indistinct smudges of extremely distant galaxies in the background. It lies around 44 million light-years from Ea.....»»
Discovery of white dwarf pulsar sheds light on star evolution
The discovery of a rare type of white dwarf star system provides new understanding into stellar evolution......»»
Virtual laboratory opens possibility for machine learning to understand promising class of quantum materials
Thomas Edison famously tried hundreds of materials and failed thousands of times before discovering that carbonized cotton thread burned long and bright in an incandescent light bulb. Experiments are often time-consuming (Edison's team spent 14 month.....»»
Anker’s new Nebula Mars 3 projector is impressively bright and outdoor ready
Anker has announced today that preorders are open for its Nebula Mars 3 portable outdoor smart projector, which boasts 1,000 lumens and a 5-hour battery......»»
Brighter nights risk extinguishing glow-worm twinkle
The bright lights of big cities are wonders of the modern world; intended to help us work, stay safe and enjoy the world around us long after the sun has set. While artificial light has been great for increasing human productivity, some nocturnal ani.....»»
The Tarantula Nebula shouldn"t be forming stars. What"s going on?
The Tarantula Nebula is a star formation region in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). Tarantula is about 160,000 light-years away and is highly luminous for a non-stellar object. It's the brightest and largest star formation region in the entire Local.....»»
FeatherS2 Neo
If you ever thought your microcontroller board needed more LEDs, the FeatherS2 Neo might be for you. In addition to status LEDs, It features a bright 5×5 RGB LED matrix near the middle of the board. Unexpected Maker suggests you could use this for.....»»
Betelgeuse is continuing to behave mysteriously—here"s what would happen if it exploded
The bright, red star Betelgeuse in the constellation Orion has shown some unexpected behavior. In late 2019 and 2020 it became fainter than we had ever seen it—at least in records going back more than a century. Briefly it became fainter (just abou.....»»
Stellar Cyber collaborates with Mimecast to minimize email-based attack impacts
Stellar Cyber announced a new technology partnership with Mimecast, an email and collaboration security company. This powerful technology integration makes it easy for Stellar Cyber and Mimecast customers to swiftly mitigate the risk of damaging emai.....»»
Flaring star could be down to young planet"s disk inferno
The mystery of a stellar flare a trillion times more powerful than the largest of solar flares may have been solved by a team of scientists who believe a massive young planet is burning up in a superheated soup of raw material swirling around it......»»
The best last-minute Father"s Day gifts
Whose bright idea was it to cram Father's Day right in the middle of graduation season and summer kickoff parties? There are so many distractions this time of year that you'd almost be forgiven if Father's Day totally slipped your mind. But with June.....»»
Zero Waste Daniel is drag"s sustainable fashion pioneer
There's a bird roosting outside of designer Daniel Silverstein's white-trimmed window, peeking into the animated tableau ensconced in a bright corner art studio on the third floor of a sticker-plastered Bushwick building. The bird, holding white fibe.....»»
Image: Hubble observes jellyfish galaxy JO206
The jellyfish galaxy JO206 trails across this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, showcasing a colorful star-forming disk surrounded by a pale, luminous cloud of dust. A handful of foreground bright stars with crisscross diffraction spike.....»»