Astronomy How Would Be The Artificial Dyson-like Structures Around Pulsars Constructed By Supercivilizations? (Astronomy) 16 Apr 202116 Apr 2021 In the framework of SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) one of the important projects was the search for the interstellar radio communication. A rather different and quite original method was…
Astronomy Famous Fast Radio Burst FRB20180916B Just Barely Lets Itself be Captured (Planetary Science) 15 Apr 2021 Two international teams of astronomers (with significant Dutch involvement) have published two scientific papers with new information about the famous fast radio burst FRB20180916B. In a study published in the Astrophysical…
Astronomy Fast-spinning Black Holes Narrow the Search For Dark Matter Particles (Cosmology / Astronomy) 15 Apr 2021 Certain ultralight bosons would be expected to put the brakes on black holes, but new results show no such slowdown. Ultralight bosons are hypothetical particles whose mass is predicted to…
Astronomy Artificial Intelligence for Space (Astronomy) 14 Apr 2021 Building a satellite with artificial intelligence on board that is trained in space: For this project, Professor Hakan Kayal from Würzburg is receiving 2.6 million euros from the German Federal…
Astronomy Stellar Feedback & An Airborne Observatory; Scientists Determined A Nebula Younger Than Previously Believed (Astronomy) 14 Apr 202114 Apr 2021 In the southern sky, situated about 4,300 light years from Earth, lies RCW 120, an enormous glowing cloud of gas and dust. This cloud, known as an emission nebula, is formed…
Astronomy “Yellowballs” Offer New Insights Into Star Formation (Astronomy) 13 Apr 2021 A serendipitous discovery by citizen scientists has provided a unique new window into the diverse environments that produce stars and star clusters, revealing the presence of “stellar nurseries” before infant…
Astronomy Astronomers Yield a New Measurement Of The Hubble Constant Using Fast Radio Bursts (Astronomy) 13 Apr 202113 Apr 2021 Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are very short and bright transients visible over extragalactic distances. The mechanism causing the burst is still unknown, but at least some of them are associated…
