Science

A team of astronomers has discovered what they believe to be a neutron star born following a supernova first discovered in 1987, in a Milky Way satellite galaxy 170,000 light-years from Earth, called SN 1987A . Until now, astronomers are unsure whether the neutron star survived the powerful event and not only collapsed on its own to form a black …

An updated model suggests the bubble shape of the Sun’s influence, the heliocia (seen in yellow), may be an erased croissant shape, rather than the long comet shape proposed by another research. Credit: Opher, et al Scientists have developed a new bubble-shaped prediction surrounding our solar system using a model generated by data from NASA mission. All the planets of …

Credit: Unsplash / CC0 Public Domain Razors, scalpels, and knives are usually made of stainless steel, adorned with a razor sharp edge and coated with even harder carbon-like carbon-like materials. However, knives require regular fairness, while razors are regularly replaced after cutting materials that are softer than their blades. Now MIT engineers have studied the simple process of viscous shaving, …

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – SpaceX successfully launched dozens Satellite satellites on the internet and two small satellite-imaging satellites in orbit Friday (Aug. 7) in the second expected to be a series of Starlink rideshare missions. A two stage The rocket of the Falcon 9 carrying 57 SpaceX Starlink satellites, along with two BlackSky Global Earth observation satellites, lifted at 1:12 …

This illustration uses data obtained by NASA’s Juno mission to describe the high-altitude electric storms on Jupiter. Juno’s sensitive Stellar Reference Unit detects unusual lightning on Jupiter’s dark side during spacecraft planet’s nearby flybys. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Gerald Eichstädt The spacecraft may have found where the colorless gas hides the largest inhabitant of the …

Make a crocodile out of taffy. Take its head and tug at it until its neck extends a good few meters from its body. If you squint, it might be what a strange Triassic reptile wonders Tanystropheus mukhang. Approximately. This animal assortment of mildly fossilized neck bones has confused the removal of palaeontologists for nearly 170 years. Using CT scans …

The nostrils located at the top of the snout and curved teeth, perfectly adapted for capturing slippery prey: Tanystropheus’ skull has many clear adaptations for aquatic life. Credit: Emma Finley-Jacob Call a fossil Tanystropheus first described in 1852, and surprisingly scientists have since. At one point, paleontologists thought it was a flying pterosaur, like a pterodactyl, and that its long …

Over the past few years, there has been a growing movement to fight against some of the day-to-day racism that exists in America. The NFL’s Washington Redskins have temporarily changed their name to the Washington Football Team until a more appropriate, and less racist, name is defined. Dixie Chicks, a country band from Texas decided to change their name to …