What Made This Bizarre ‘Dandelion’ Supernova?
A strange supernova remnant first appeared as a “guest star” seen in 1181 by sky watchers in China and Japan.....»»
Reclusive neutron star may have been found in famous supernova
What remains of the star that exploded just outside our galaxy in 1987? Debris has obscured scientists' view, but two of NASA's X-ray telescopes have revealed new clues......»»
New Supernova Alert System Promises Early Access to Spectacles in Space
Upgrades to the SuperNova Early Warning System (SNEWS) detection system offer advance notice of impending blasts -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.....»»
Apple demands sales data for hundreds of Steam games as part of its legal battle with Epic
The request is a rather bizarre one. Apple seems to be implying that, because Epic could theoretically publish its games on Steam, it should have access to non-public sales data on hundreds of third-party games for use in its legal battle......»»
Radiological images confirm "COVID-19 can cause the body to attack itself"
Muscle soreness and achy joints are common symptoms among COVID-19 patients. But for some people, symptoms are more severe, long lasting and even bizarre, including rheumatoid arthritis flares, autoimmune myositis or 'COVID toes.' A new has confirmed.....»»
Spectacular "honeycomb heart" revealed in iconic stellar explosion
A unique heart shape, with wisps of gas filaments showing an intricate honeycomb-like arrangement, has been discovered at the center of the iconic supernova remnant, the Crab Nebula. Astronomers have mapped the void in unprecedented detail, creating.....»»
This Flower Is Really a Fungus in Disguise
In Guyanese savannas, a fungus infects grasslike plants, sterilizes them and produces bizarre all-fungal “flower” doppelgängers -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.....»»
Astronomers spot bizarre, never-before-seen activity from one of the strongest magnets in the universe
Astronomers from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery (OzGrav) and CSIRO have just observed bizarre, never-seen-before behavior from a radio-loud magnetar—a rare type of neutron star and one of the strongest magnets in the.....»»
"Meme Stock" Rally Rescues AMC Theaters From $600 Million Debt
This week's bizarre "meme stock" rally, which has delivered lottery-like windfalls for holders of GameStop stock, also wiped out $600 million in debt owed by the AMC theater chain. Polygon reports: That's because, on Wednesday, a private equity firm.....»»
Profile of Keith Gill, Who Drove the GameStop Reddit Mania
The investor who helped direct the world's attention to GameStop, leading a horde of online followers in a bizarre market rally that made and lost fortunes from one day to the next, says he's just a normal guy. From his profile by The Wall Street Jou.....»»
Artificial intelligence classifies supernova explosions with unprecedented accuracy
Scientists have trained machine learning software to classify supernovae without the traditional use of spectra. The project -- the first to use real supernovae data to inform its artificial intelligence -- is 82% accurate. Currently, scientists take.....»»
What writers who imagined drowned worlds tell us about the future of sea-level rise
Water was traded on Wall Street alongside oil and gold for the first time in early December 2020. That might seem bizarre, but there is a grim logic at play. Reliable sources of water that have nourished civilisations throughout history—the glacier.....»»
Post-apocalyptic kung-fu RPG Biomutant gets a May 25 release date
Described as a "post-apocalyptic kung-fu fable" by its creators, Biomutant puts players in the role of an animalistic mutant protagonist of their own creation. They'll explore a vast open world with gliders, mounts, and other, more bizarre methods of.....»»
How climate caprices can trigger plants
Plants and other organisms can adapt their phenotypes to fluctuating environmental conditions within certain limits. The leaves of the dandelion, for example, are much more small in sunny locations than in shady places. In the sun, less leaf area is.....»»
Is this a fossilized lair of the dreaded bobbit worm?
The giant worms hunted in pretty much the most nightmarish way possible. Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Not to toot my own horn, but I know a thing or two about bizarre animals. And I can tell you without a hint of doubt that the bobbit worm i.....»»
Bringing Rocket League To Life With A Jumping Car
In a bizarre twist of art imitating life, then life imitating art, someone has created one of the acrobatic radio controlled cars from the video game Rocket League, in real life. If you’re unfamiliar, Rocket League is a video game where you con.....»»
Dinosaur-era sea lizard had teeth like a shark
New study identifies a bizarre new species suggesting that giant marine lizards thrived before the asteroid wiped them out 66 million years ago......»»
This is the remnant of a star that exploded 1,700 years ago
When a supernova explodes, it creates a remnant which can persist for thousands of years. Hubble scientists have estimated the age of one such remnant......»»
Researchers rewind the clock to calculate age and site of supernova blast
Astronomers are winding back the clock on the expanding remains of a nearby, exploded star. By using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, they retraced the speedy shrapnel from the blast to calculate a more accurate estimate of the location and time of the.....»»
Mistaken identity: A presumed supernova is actually something much rarer
In a case of comic mistaken identity, an international team of astronomers revealed that what they once thought was a supernova is actually periodic flaring from a galaxy where a supermassive black hole gives off bursts of energy every 114 days as it.....»»
Chinese researchers obtain the most complete type Ia supernova template
Type Ia supernovae, as cosmological distance indicators, have led to the discovery of the accelerating expansion of the Universe. Nevertheless, the nature of their progenitors and explosion mechanisms remain unsolved mysteries......»»