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.....»»
James Webb image shows the bright glowing heart of a galaxy
Astronomers recently shared a stunning new image of space from the James Webb Space Telescope, showing a galaxy with an unusually bright heart......»»
Daily Deals Dec. 24: $220 off Roborock robot vacuum, Mac Studio for $1,849, $199 AirPods Pro 2 & more
Saturday's top deals including stellar discounts on Apple's 16-inch MacBook Pro, plus an LG 4K monitor for $199.99, free game with Nintendo Switch OLED and 25% off select Sonos speakers.Daily deals for December 24Each day, the AppleInsider Deals Team.....»»
Kremlin-backed hackers targeted a “large” petroleum refinery in a NATO nation
As Russia's invasion of Ukraine grinds on, the country's hackers expand their targets. Enlarge / Fawley Oil Refinery on a bright day. (credit: Getty Images) One of the Kremlin’s most active hacking groups targeting Ukr.....»»
Astronomers discover irregularities in the cores of red giants
Red giants are dying stars, in advanced stages of stellar evolution, which have depleted the hydrogen in their cores. In a study published today in Nature Communications, a team of astronomers mainly from Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espa.....»»
Hubble"s sparkling new view of the Carina Nebula
This sparkling new image depicts a small section of the Carina Nebula, one of the NASA Hubble Space Telescope's most-imaged objects. The Carina Nebula, NGC 3372, is an enormous cloud of gas and dust home to several massive and bright stars, including.....»»
First images released from NOAA-21 VIIRS instrument
Bright blue water in the Caribbean Sea and smog in Northern India appear in the first global image produced with data from NOAA-21's VIIRS instrument......»»
Stellar Cyber and Deep Instinct integrate to help enterprises identify threats
Stellar Cyber and Deep Instinct integration makes it easy for enterprise and MSSP customers using the Stellar Cyber Open XDR platform to deliver Deep Instinct’s prevention capabilities across the entire attack surface. Under this latest integration.....»»
Minnesota tries new technologies to remove "forever chemicals" from water
The bright blue shipping container stood out in the snow-covered landscape of Tablyn Park in Lake Elmo, Minnesota. Inside, contractors calibrated a machine that state officials hope could help solve a decades-long pollution problem in the east metro.....»»
Astronomers investigate chemical composition of multiple stellar populations in NGC 2808
Using ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT) and the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), astronomers have inspected the globular cluster NGC 2808. Results of the study, published December 2 on the arXiv pre-print repository, shed more light on the chemical compo.....»»
Webb telescope spies hidden stars in stellar graveyard
It was one of the first famous images revealed by the James Webb Space Telescope earlier this year: a stunning shroud of gas and dust illuminated by a dying star at its heart......»»
Trading spaces: How swapping stars create hot Jupiters
Star clusters tend to host more hot Jupiters than average, but why? A team of astronomers have proposed a new solution, and it involves a lot of swapping of stellar neighbors......»»
This bright orange phone has a pop-out camera unlike anything I’ve seen before
The Tecno Phantom X2 Pro has an unusual and very capable pop-out camera, unlike anything we've seen before. Take a look at it in action......»»
Tiny, hidden galaxy provides a peek into the past
Peeking out from behind the glare of a bright foreground star, astronomers have uncovered the most extraordinary example yet of a nearby galaxy with characteristics that are more like galaxies in the distant, early universe. Only 1,200 light-years ac.....»»
Astronomers say a new, huge satellite is as bright as the brightest stars
"BlueWalker 3 is a big shift in the constellation satellite issue." Enlarge / Observation of a BlueWalker 3 pass from Oukaimeden Observatory on Nov. 16 2022. The bright star lower left is Zeta Puppis. (credit: CLEOsat/Oukaimeden.....»»
Mysteriously bright flash is a black hole jet pointing straight toward Earth, astronomers say
Earlier this year, astronomers were keeping tabs on data from the Zwicky Transient Facility, an all-sky survey based at the Palomar Observatory in California, when they detected an extraordinary flash in a part of the sky where no such light had been.....»»
Astronomers see stellar self-control in action
Many factors can limit the size of a group, including external ones that members have no control over. Astronomers have found that groups of stars in certain environments, however, can regulate themselves......»»
Reusing Disposable Masks As Textiles
While attending Maker Faire Lille, I was happy to meet Mimi, an artist that got the bright idea to use discarded face masks as raw material for fashion. Mimi saw the piles and piles of used masks that were going into landfills all over and thought t.....»»
Baby star "burps" tell tales of frantic feeding, data shows
The youngest stars often shine in bright bursts as they consume material from surrounding disks......»»
See a stunning image of the Orion nebula stellar nursery
Orion is one of the most recognizable constellations in the night sky, and within the constellation is a nebula that is a busy region of star formation......»»
Webb Space Telescope spots early galaxies hidden from Hubble
NASA's Webb Space Telescope is finding bright, early galaxies that until now were hidden from view, including one that may have formed a mere 350 million years after the cosmic-creating Big Bang......»»