NASA’s low Earth orbit Hubble telescope recently captured a stunning image of a distant galaxy collision, a phenomenon NASA said has become more common as the universe evolves. The newly released image reveals the stunning aesthetic produced by the modern celestial occurrence in what looks like a dreamy cosmic fantasy land.
The image shows the aftermath of a collision between two “good-sized galaxies” that will gradually morph into one “giant elliptical galaxy,” called NGC 3597, according to NASA. The image shows a galactic merge that’s at least 150 million light-years away and involves a hypnotic spectrum of colors including various shades of red, blue, purple and green.
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This Stunning Image of Two Galaxies Colliding to Form a Mega-Galaxy Will Blow Your Mind
Science tells us a lot of things, in many cases things we didn’t even know we needed to know. Without science, we’d be ignorant to the brain functions of dead salmon, the complex physical properties of the human ponytail and the most and least painful areas of the human body to be stung by a bee.
Now, a new study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has officially determined that, no, you cannot be Spider-Man.
A team of researchers from four universities concluded that as animals grow, they require more and more adhesive padding on their bodies to climb surfaces the way an insect or a frog does, and that for a human to successfully ascend a smooth vertical would require 40% of the person’s surface area covered in adhesive material like that which pads gecko feet.
Konstantin Batygin and Mike Brown, two CalTech scientists, say the new planet is about 10 times the mass of Earth and has an atmosphere of hydrogen and helium. Science magazine reports that the mysterious “Planet X” moves in a distant orbit beyond Neptune.
The researchers haven’t observed Planet X itself, but believe it exists because of the unique configuration of six objects when they come closest to the sun, according to Science.
The scientists say that there’s a 0.007 percent probability that the configuration is due to chance, and instead are confident it’s a ninth planet. They believe they will observe the planet with a telescope within five years, according to The Associated Press.
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Researchers are now pretty certain there’s a ninth planet in the solar system.
It’s time to put this “flat Earth” conspiracy theory to an end, once and for all.
The week has been punctuated with rappers starting beefs — either with other rappers — or, in B.o.b’s case, with science in general. His Twitter storm about why he thinks the Earth is actually flat even caught the attention of world-renowned astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson.
After a heated Twitter debate and diss tracks by both B.o.b and Tyson’s rapper nephew, the scientist decided to appear on The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore to (hopefully) put the matter to rest and lay down some hard knowledge.
A hypnotic new NASA video shows a solar filament erupt, causing explosions and then forming a series of giant magnetic arches of solar material, all of which ultimately collapse into the sun.
“The arches of solar material appear to glow as they emit light in extreme ultraviolet wavelengths, highlighting the charged particles spinning along the sun’s magnetic field lines,” the space agency said in a news release.
Solar filaments are arcs of plasma in the sun’s atmosphere, which appear as dark lines because they’re not as hot as the rest of the sun, according to the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research.
Researchers are equipping praying mantises with stylish 3D shades — and not just for fun.
The tiny glasses were used in a study published in the journal Scientific Reports on Thursday to analyze 3D vision in mantises, and to explore how they use their vision to hunt.
Better understanding how the insects use 3D vision may help scientists develop new ideas about how to use 3D in technology, Dr. Jenny Read, professor of vision science at Newcastle University in England and the study’s leader, said in a statement.
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The mantises were ready for a night at the movies.
Not for the first time, the world of physics is abuzz with rumours that gravitational waves have been detected by scientists in the US.
Lawrence Krauss, a cosmologist at Arizona State university, tweeted that he had received independent confirmation of a rumour that has been in circulation for months, adding: “Gravitational waves may have been discovered!!”
My earlier rumor about LIGO has been confirmed by independent sources. Stay tuned! Gravitational waves may have been discovered!! Exciting.
NASA celebrated news of an unexpected windfall earlier this month when after years of penny-pinching, Congress announced it would increase the space agency’s budget by $1.3 billion in 2016.
Now it’s emerged that a chunk of that money has been earmarked to help bolster the agency’s plans for a Martian mission. As Popular Science noted, Congress directed NASA to use $55 million of its $19.3 billion budget to begin building a deep space habitat that will house astronauts during future exploratory missions to the red planet.
Congress gave the agency until 2018 to develop a decent prototype model of the “habitation module.” NASA must also produce a report on the status of the program in 180 days.
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This image, courtesy of NASA, shows an artist concept of Mars and a spacecraft.
Admit it: You’re terrible with names. They’re like tiny grains of sand you can’t keep cupped in your hands no matter how hard you try, and you curse your sieve-like brain when you run into someone at a party and think, “Dammit, who is that again?”
It’s OK. You’re not alone.
For Katie Simpson, 26, the curious phenomenon of forgetting somebody’s name as soon as she meets them is simply a matter of genetics.
“My dad and I both remember faces quite well, but there are plenty of names that we don’t remember,” Simpson told Mic. “The joke is always, ‘Yeah, I can tell you all about your life story, but your name just always slips my mind.'”
British scientists using forensic anthropology, similar to how police solve crimes, have stitched together what they say is probably most accurate image of Jesus Christ’s real face, and he’s not the light-skinned figure many of us are used to seeing.
They analyzed three skulls from archeological dig sites and were able to figure out a possible shape of Jesus’ head and facial muscles, but they were NOT able to accurately determine the color of his skin and hair with that.
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Forensic science has revealed the real face of Jesus
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This Stunning Image of Two Galaxies Colliding to Form a Mega-Galaxy Will Blow Your Mind
Researchers are now pretty certain there’s a ninth planet in the solar system.
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Solar Filament Collapses
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Forensic science has revealed the real face of Jesus
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