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Where do cosmic rays come from?
An illustration shows cosmic rays launched through space by cosmic events bombarding Earth. (Image credit: Robert Lea (created with Canva)/ Earth image NASA) Earth is under constant bombardment by cosmic rays, showers of high-energy particles that blast our planet from all directions at near light speed.While this might sound like the precursor to a sci-fi
‘Cosmic Time Machine:’ Director discusses new James Webb Space Telescope documentary (exclusive)
News Entertainment The galaxy NGC 3256 is seen as a orange, red, and yellow spiral by the James Webb Space Telescope (Image credit: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, L. Armus, A. Evans) Capturing spectacular images of deep-space objects revealed in unimaginable clarity and scope, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has been a $10 billion triumph
Breaking the Cosmic Silence: First Detection of Radio Waves From Type Ia Supernova
By W. M. Keck Observatory May 28, 2023Artist’s rendition of SN 2020eyj, a white dwarf star that went supernova after pulling material from a helium companion star. Credit: Adam Makarenko/W. M. Keck ObservatoryAn unusual Type Ia supernova has been discovered by Stockholm University astronomers. For the first time, it was detected in radio waves and
Dark matter could be a cosmic relic from extra dimensions
Home News The featured image from the American Museum of Natural History's Hayden Planetarium Space Show Dark Universe highlights one example of how pervasive dark matter might haunt our universe. In this frame from a detailed computer simulation, complex filaments of dark matter, shown in black, are strewn about the universe like spider webs, while…
The cosmic web plays a much bigger role than previously thought
The standard model of the evolution of the Universe suggests that a complex network of galactic filaments form along and follow web-like strings of dark matter- referred to as the cosmic web. The intersection of those filaments forms galaxy clusters. There is n number of biggest and densest clusters in the Universe that fascinates astrophysicists.…
Shadow of Cosmic Water Cloud Reveals Secrets of Early Universe – Confirms Properties of Dark Energy
The Cosmic Microwave Background (left) was released 380,000 years after the Big Bang, and it acts as a background to all galaxies in the Universe. The starburst galaxy HFLS3 is embedded in a large cloud of cold water vapor (middle, indicated in blue), and is observed 880 million years after the Big Bang. Because of…
Using the 4.1-meter SOAR Telescope in Chile, astronomers have discovered the first example of a binary system where a star in the process of becoming a white dwarf is orbiting a neutron star that has just finished turning into a rapidly spinning pulsar. The pair, originally detected by the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, is a…
Video: a duet with a shadow, bright colors and unlike worlds in the Cosmic metroidvania trailer
Польское издательство Feardemic, принадлежащее Bloober Team, и разработчики из студии King’s Pleasure представили первый трейлер красочной метроидвании Cosmic. Игра выйдет в 2022 году на ПК (Steam), PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X и S, а также Nintendo Switch. Источник изображений: King's Pleasure События Cosmic происходят в «многослойной вселенной, где свет и тень…