Two millisecond pulsars detected in globular cluster NGC 6440
Using the MeerKAT radio telescope, an international team of astronomers has investigated a globular cluster known as NGC 6440. In result, two new millisecond pulsars have been detected in this cluster, which received designations NGC 6440G and NGC 64.....»»
Hubble captures galaxy cluster ACO S520
A menagerie of interesting astronomical finds are visible in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. In addition to several large elliptical galaxies, a ring-shaped galaxy is lurking on the right of the image. A pair of bright stars are.....»»
Ground wide angle camera array detects prompt optical emission of gamma-ray burst
Researchers led by Dr. Xin Liping from the Space-based Multi-band Astronomical Variable Objects Monitor (SVOM) research team, National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (NAOC), have detected the prompt optical emission and.....»»
PaperCut vulnerabilities leveraged by Clop, LockBit ransomware affiliates
Clop and LockBit ransomware affiliates are behind the recent attacks exploiting vulnerabilities in PaperCut application servers, according to Microsoft and Trend Micro researchers. The detected campaings “Microsoft is attributing the recently r.....»»
Assembly of stable spherical lanthanide cluster aggregate for magnetic resonance imaging
This study was carried out under the leadership of Dr. Ming-Liang Tong (Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University) and Dr. Shiping Yang (College of Chemistry and Mater.....»»
Google’s Pixel Fold is real! First-ever live footage surfaces
After years of rumors, someone finally has live footage of a real device. Enlarge / OnLeaks' Pixel Fold render from December. The cluster of holes on the rear camera bar is interesting, as is the interior camera, which lives in a.....»»
Astronomers explore multiple stellar populations in Messier 92
Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), astronomers from the University of Padua, Italy, and elsewhere have observed a metal-poor globular cluster known as Messier 92. The observations deliver crucial informa.....»»
Webb reveals early-universe prequel to huge galaxy cluster
Every giant was once a baby, though you may never have seen them at that stage of their development. NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has begun to shed light on formative years in the history of the universe that have thus far been beyond reach: the.....»»
Lossless light: Revisiting Raman gain and amplification in a silicon photonic platform
Stars emit light that travels through empty space without significant attenuation. The visual signal is essentially lossless until detected. After many years and billions of kilometers, starlight-photons may eventually encounter the earth's atmospher.....»»
CNBC says the Pixel Fold will launch in June for $1,700+
We have a price and release window, so when do the live pictures start leaking? Enlarge / OnLeaks' Pixel Fold render from December. The cluster of holes on the rear camera bar is interesting, as is the interior camera, which live.....»»
Visualizing differences in nuclear structure
Helium usually has two protons and two neutrons strongly bound to each other, often forming a substructure within the nucleus. A nucleus composed of several such substructures is called a cluster structure. In the standard picture, nuclei are difficu.....»»
Study shows genes are read faster and more sloppily in old age
Fast but sloppy, that's how the transcription of genes changes with age. Six research groups from the University of Cologne Cluster of Excellence on Cellular Stress Responses in Age-Associated Diseases (CECAD), the Max Planck Institute for Biology of.....»»
G 68-34 is an M-dwarf eclipsing binary, observations find
Using the Tillinghast Reflector Echelle Spectrograph (TRES) and the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), astronomers from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) have detected an M-dwarf companion to a nearby M-dwarf star desig.....»»
Cancer-causing chemicals detected in toys and headphones
Cancer-causing chlorinated paraffins are still used in a wide range of everyday products sold in North America, despite their known health harm and being banned in Canada for a decade, according to a new study in Environmental Science: Processes & Im.....»»
Hubble views multi-generational cluster NGC 2419
This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows the globular star cluster NGC 2419. Globular clusters are both beautiful and fascinating. They are spherical groups of stars that orbit the center of a galaxy, and in the case of NGC 2419, tha.....»»
Pesticides detected in pollen and nectar may pose a long-term hazard for pollinators
Pesticides have been detected in flowers not targeted with the chemicals that could be an additional, underestimated threat to pollinators according to new findings by Trinity and DCU, published in the Science of the Total Environment......»»
The hidden picture of malware attack trends
Despite the decline in network-detected malware in Q4 2022, endpoint ransomware spiked by 627%, while malware associated with phishing campaigns persisted as a threat, according to WatchGuard. Malware going undetected Despite seeing an overall declin.....»»
Astronomers discover a warm Jupiter-sized exoplanet
Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an international team of astronomers has detected a new, warm Jupiter-sized exoplanet orbiting a dwarf star. The newfound alien world, designated TOI-4127 b, is more than two times as massive.....»»
Hundreds of very shallow earthquakes detected in California"s Long Beach and Seal Beach
Seismic arrays deployed in California's Long Beach and Seal Beach areas detected more than a thousand tiny earthquakes over eight months, many of them located at surprisingly shallow depths of less than two kilometers below the surface......»»
Large double-ring disk detected around the star 2MASS J04124068+2438157
Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), an international team of astronomers has performed high-resolution observations of an M-dwarf star known as 2MASS J04124068+2438157. Results of the observational campaign, published March.....»»
Stressed plants emit airborne sounds that can be detected from more than a meter away
What does a stressed plant sound like? A bit like bubble-wrap being popped. Researchers in Israel report in the journal Cell on March 30 that tomato and tobacco plants that are stressed—from dehydration or having their stems severed—emit sounds t.....»»