Photo credit: Pogrebnoj-Alexandroff, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons. Have you ever heard of the lateral line? No, its not a football play. Its a sense organ shared by most fish, from sharks to… [+7478 chars]
There are a lot of asteroids in the news lately, but the asteroid has been gaining considerable notice since its discovery in 2004. The asteroid, which is more than 1,100 feet (about 340 meters) acro… [+7583 chars]
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Autocorrelation for spontaneous radiation Prior to the spontaneous radiation from the tandem undulator, we first consider the spontaneous radiation from a single undulator. Figure 1a shows the inter… [+13766 chars]
By Ashleigh Swan & Tom GerkenBBC Click Samantha Cristoforetti holds the record for longest uninterrupted spaceflight by a European astronaut - but you may know her for another bit of history. … [+4700 chars]
Earlier this year, astronomers used microlensing and the Hubble Space Telescope to detect, for the first time, a rogue black hole that is about 5,000 lightyears away from Earth. Now, with more precis… [+5497 chars]
(MENAFN) The Egyptian telecommunications satellite Nilesat 301 was officially deployed by SpaceX from Cape Canaveral in Florida. The satellite was launched by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at 11:04 p.m. … [+1125 chars]
In the summer of 2020, the world was enthralled with the Comet Neowise, which only makes an appearance every 6,800 years. Brennan Gilmore was so enthralled that it kicked off a passion for astrophoto… [+2018 chars]
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Scientists understanding of the Earths inner core a hot, dense ball of solid iron the size of the planet Pluto has expanded dramatically over the past three decades. In a new study, a team of researc… [+2653 chars]
You may recall Sherlock Holmes using his magnifying glasses to look for things. Nasa's Hubble Telescope accomplishes the same thing, although with a larger magnifying glass. The NASA/ESA Hubble Space… [+1101 chars]