Young stars ejecting plasma could give us clues into the Sun’s past Kyoto, Japan — Down here on Earth we don’t usually notice, but the Sun is frequently ejecting huge masses of plasma into space. These are called coronal mass ejections (CMEs). They often occur together with sudden brightenings called flares, and sometimes extend far enough to disturb Earth’s magnetosphere, generating space weather phenomena including auroras or geomagnetic storms, and even damaging power grids on occasion. Scientists believe that when…
The object, located in the constellation Ursa Minor, is nicknamed Calvera, after the villain in the movie “The Magnificent Seven.” If confirmed, it would be…
Computer chips inside high-speed communication devices have become so small that tiny variations which occur during chip fabrication can make a big difference…
It's a leap, they say, that could lead to tougher protections of information and quicker deciphering of hackers' encryption codes.A new paper on the results of…
In simulations, now being backed up by laboratory tests in the “Mars Yard”at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, the rover first builds up a…
Dr Vasili Dimitrov, whose work will be presented at the European Planetary Science Congress in Potsdam, said, “If Titan runs out of methane and loses its…
These results challenge our understanding of the way clusters merge,” said Dr. Andisheh Mahdavi of the University of Victoria, British Columbia. “Or, they…
Charlie Johnson, associate professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy and the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Penn, and colleagues…
Astronomers from UCLA report that a white dwarf star known as GD 362, which is surrounded by dusty rings similar to those of Saturn, has been contaminated by a…
The new release (version 3.4.0) includes new and award-winning software components and also benefits from improved security and can be accessed and downloaded…
Professor Chandra Wickramasinghe and colleagues at the University’s Centre for Astrobiology have long argued the case for panspermia – the theory that life…
For the past few months, members of the department of physics at Florida State University have begun using a groundbreaking new research facility to conduct…
Orbiting Saturn since June 30, 2004, the Cassini spacecraft has revealed a south polar region of Enceladus with an elaborate arrangement of fractures and…
Neurosurgeons at the University Hospital of the RWTH Aachen have developed a new holder for trocars which are used within microsurgical procedures of the…
Scientists of the laboratory of General Microbiology, University of Bremen, have evaluated the effect of the position of the fluorescent label (POL) relative…
A method has been developed that facilitates the individual prediction of forces affecting the dental bridges for each patient. In order to do so, the forces…
Intriguing new evidence of life-like structures that form from inorganic substances in space are revealed today in the New Journal of Physics. The findings…
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