| 单词 | galactic |
| 例句 | Meanwhile, some provocative theoretical studies have suggested that planetary systems are a galactic commonplace. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Globular clusters plunge through the galactic plane and out the other side, where they slow, reverse and hurtle back again. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I must’ve gotten thrown off by the endless geek rants about globular clusters orbiting galactic cores, rants that I see are being kept under wraps in present company. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z I know now what she was to me—the first glimpse of a space-bridge, a wormhole, a galactic portal off this bound and blind planet. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z I felt as if I had been beamed from earth onto an inter- galactic space station. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z It is a splash in the galactic pond, a temporary configuration of disrupted stars, a galaxy with a central piece torn out. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Or perhaps the passage of the Sun through a galactic dust cloud. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Or the red shift might be a Doppler effect due not to the general expansion of the universe but rather to a more modest and local galactic explosion. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z These stars shine for ten million years or so, a period corresponding to only 5 percent of a galactic rotation. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It is now very clear that we live some 30,000 light-years from the galactic core, on the fringes of a spiral arm, where the local density of stars is relatively sparse. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z If the doleful experience of cultural conflict on Earth were the galactic standard, it seems we would already have been destroyed, perhaps with some passing admiration expressed for Shakespeare, Bach and Vermeer. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It seems fairly clear that if self-destruction is not the overwhelmingly preponderant fate of galactic civilizations, then the sky is softly humming with messages from the stars. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Metaphors like those about celestial campfires or galactic backbones were eventually replaced in most human cultures by another idea; The powerful beings in the sky were promoted to gods. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Some clusters have their galaxies arranged in an unambiguously spherical geometry; they are composed chiefly of ellipticals, often dominated by one giant elliptical, the presumptive galactic cannibal. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z A lot of astronomers believe it isn’t a planet at all, but merely the largest object so far found in a zone of galactic debris known as the Kuiper belt. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Radio observations show two enormous clouds of hydrogen gas, enough to make millions of suns, plummeting out from the galactic core, as if a mild explosion happened there every now and then. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z A series of small coincidences that we say means everything because we want to believe that our tiny lives matter on a galactic scale. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Then the galactic astronomers are out of business, the stars cool and die, matter itself decays and the universe becomes a thin cold haze of elementary particles. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The stars that outline the arms do not survive even a single galactic rotation; only the spiral pattern remains. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z A globular cluster of stars, orbiting the galactic core. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z If we could follow the motion of individual stars bobbing about the galactic plane, they would resemble a froth of popcorn. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Imagine a huge galactic computer, a repository, more or less up-to-date, of information on the nature and activities of all the civilizations in the Milky Way Galaxy, a great library of life in the Cosmos. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z In fact, there is almost no chance that two galactic civilizations will interact at the same level. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Past voyages of discovery suggest that many of the most interesting inhabitants of the galactic continent remain as yet unknown and unanticipated. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The galactic core, illuminated by older, redder stars, is seen in the distance. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It will not get hot enough to emit X rays, but it could account for the very compact source of radio waves and infrared rays that is observed at the galactic center. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z On the other hand, the galactic prosecutor can certainly call into evidence a great quantity of drearily over-familiar novels and cliché-raddled stories. Christmas gifts 2012: the best science fiction 2012-11-28T14:05:04Z Facilities State-of-the-art entertainment system, repository of galactic knowledge, ice machine. Houses of superheroes 2011-07-22T23:06:35Z Continuing the Edinburgh international festival's inspirational exploration of Asian performance, this sparkling company brings a galactic energy, despite its small number, to one of the biggest theatres in the UK. Eun-Me Ahn Company ? review 2011-08-21T17:39:01Z Adapted from the DC Comics series, "Green Lantern" stars Reynolds as a cocky test pilot who gains superpowers after he becomes the first human recruit of a galactic police force. Reynolds' 'Lantern' has low-beam debut of $52.7M 2011-06-19T20:46:03Z “If the predictions are true, we are facing a galactic cataclysm,” said the man who built the bunker and who identified himself to El Tiempo only as “Jhon.” Colombia’s “end of the world” bunker 2012-12-20T22:16:00Z Mr. Salonen leans a bit too heavily on Pollux’s divinity, overloading that music with galactic twinkling. Review: Mythical Twins Inspire Music Divided in Two 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z World-class talent teams up to create this galactic adventure that is comics’ best space opus of our time. The top 10 graphic novels of 2014 The range of her voice nears the galactic; the imagination powering it qualifies as cinema. America Has a Problem and Beyoncé Ain’t It 2022-07-30T04:00:00Z He may be back on Earth, but his galactic explorations aren’t over. What’s on TV Tuesday: ‘Adam Ruins Everything’ and ‘The Standups’ 2018-03-20T04:00:00Z Floating in a boundless inter-dimensional phase space, Strange sees an “S” of earths collapsing into red cosmic dust, headed toward a galactic spire of doom. Why Doctor Strange shares its psychedelic DNA with Pink Floyd 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z It is not “intergalactic” it is just “galactic.” The All-Stars of ‘Star Wars’ 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z Warners and DC kicked off their panel for "Green Lantern" with a series of quick shots from its tentpole about an Earthman who joins a galactic police force. Comic-Con match-ups: Who won? 2010-07-26T05:46:00Z To live so fully, so galactically, so contagiously, with so much daring, candor, zest and, yes, energy that no one is ever going to believe it when you die. Tornado. Treasure. There Was Nobody Like Tina Turner. 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z It’s meant to shrink monumental events into the galactic blip they truly are, but the play is too intent on being experimental to make an effect. Review: In ‘Field of Mars,’ a March Toward Oblivion 2023-01-22T05:00:00Z A team of scientists at the Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex started tracking the current leg of the asteroid's journey Friday, studying monitors inside the galactic telescope and a nearby building humming with computer servers. 1,300-foot asteroid to pass near Earth 2011-11-08T07:06:00Z Even the image creators acknowledge they may not resemble what an eye in galactic space might see. Exhibition Review: ?Beyond,? the Solar System at Air and Space Museum 2010-07-28T22:01:00Z Albert is more concerned about the approaching apocalypse, prophesied by fellow communard Marina, who has imbibed the Mayan calendar's stark predictions, backed up by astronomical evidence of an impending galactic catastrophe. Wild Abandon by Joe Dunthorne ? review 2011-07-29T21:58:00Z He later aligned his people with the Dominion, an advanced government hell-bent on galactic takeover and a major Federation enemy. Star Trek's 10 Most Villainous Villains 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z They settle on a galactic hinterland that's home to their very distant relatives, along with pioneers and misfits making the best of homesteads, uncertainty and dismissal by supposedly superior societies. Lord brings Caribbean voice to science fiction 2013-02-11T13:43:08Z The galactic backdrop was a clever allusion to the leaps and bounds he’s made with fabric technology and new cuts for the historic Italian fabric and tailoring house. | The Top Five Fall/Winter 2014 Men’s Wear Shows in Milan 2014-01-15T20:29:19Z Based on the award-winning novels by science fiction writer Isaac Asimov, the new Apple TV series "Foundation" follows a band of exiles on a mission to rebuild civilization after the fall of a galactic empire. "Foundation": An introduction to five major themes in the work of sci-fi writer Isaac Asimov 2021-10-09T04:00:00Z The visuals in this new season are mundane comparison to the season 1’s rapturous galactic tapestries and color saturated reveries. Neil Gaiman wishes "American Gods" wasn't so "nightmarishly timely" 2019-03-10T05:00:00Z A movie-screen-size black surface is perforated by tiny holes through which bright light passes, creating a roughly symmetrical, Rorschach-like image resembling swirling galactic gas. Review: ‘Dream House’ at Dia:Chelsea, a Hallucinatory Show 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z The lights cut, but a packed Climate Pledge Arena is aglow in a galactic blue, emanating from light-up bracelets strapped to fans’ wrists. Review: Coldplay brings its global spotlight to Seattle’s Climate Pledge Arena 2021-10-23T04:00:00Z Granted, Hal was drafted into this galactic battle; he didn't volunteer. Green Lantern: Not So Super-Hero 2011-06-16T15:55:00Z Let this playlist of cosmic songs be your gateway to a galactic wonderland. Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the moon landing with these space-themed songs 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z Implicitly, it de-emphasizes the prosaic nature of her art materials: the cotton swabs, toothpicks, bottle caps and other throwaway objects that she fashions, with gee-whiz structural ingenuity, into rambling landscapes and galactic spirals. Art Review: ?Sarah Sze: Infinite Line? at Asia Society - Review 2011-12-15T23:22:12Z For citizens of the galactic republic as for supporters of the Republican party, the sticking point is the iniquity of taxation. The return of Star Wars: an evil empire in Jedi clothing? 2015-11-22T05:00:00Z The behemoth 57,600-square-foot space has been transformed into a celestial heaven for Sunday's galactic dinner party. Preparations for TV's Emmy awards are underway 2010-08-27T17:55:00Z Mavel is releasing "Guardians of the Galaxy," about a rogue group of galactic heroes on Friday and the film is already drawing strong reviews from critics and word-of-mouth with fans. From 'Avengers' to 'Ant-Man,' Marvel superheroes entice Comic Con audience 2014-07-27T04:00:00Z Tiny dark blocks collude with sparks of light, forming a galactic sphere. Revealing Jack Whitten’s Secret Self 2021-01-21T05:00:00Z Or getting caught in the searchlight sweep of a magnetar or gamma-ray burst, or a titanic explosion in the galactic center. How will the world end? 2012-06-17T19:00:00Z “Are you a native of this city?” the 77-year-old actor asked him, in the booming basso profundo that helped make him famous, beginning with his role as the galactic helmsman Hikaru Sulu on “Star Trek.” George Takei Is Still Guiding the Ship 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z He scoured antique shops and thrift stores for inspiration for his cheeky yet sumptuous pieces, which mixed animal and human forms and invoked African influences with medieval and galactic imagery. Terry Castro, a Proud Outsider in the Jewelry World, Dies at 50 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z In the first game, humanity was the new kid on the galactic block, struggling for respect as a freshly spacefaring species. Video Game Review: Mass Effect 3 by BioWare Completes a Sci-Fi Story 2012-03-10T00:50:47Z Social injustice isn’t the usual battleground for comic books, which tend to be most comfortable with masked vigilantes squaring off against supervillains or saving the solar system from galactic menaces. 'Absolute Transmetropolitan' and 'Melody': A Squalid City and a Stripper Memoir 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z Gone were tedious trade delegations, midi-chloreans and galactic senates, back were knockabout space romps and realistic looking sets. Would George Lucas's Star Wars sequels have been better than Disney's? 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z Yes, I technically appeared to have taken down an entire galactic government just so that you guys can have a normal life again. Dan Harmon on the Future of Rick and Morty and That Community Movie 2017-07-19T04:00:00Z “At Last a Thousand,” which was the 1,000th Tamarind print, merges cosmos and human hand into a galactic fingerprint. A survey of June Wayne at Pasadena Museum of California Art 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z There’s an awful lot going on in “Space Show,” including an illicit galactic trade in wasabi and a confusing mystery involving the variety show of the title, which is broadcast throughout the universe. Critic’s Notebook: Festival of Gkids Films at IFC Center 2013-12-19T22:40:06Z The flowering tree is a galactic explosion, anticipating the eruptive art of visionary naturalists like Samuel Palmer and Charles Burchfield. Masterpieces of Japanese Art at the Met 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z Pitched by its publisher Image Comics as "for mature readers", the science fiction series follows the adventures of new parents Marko and Alana as they struggle to raise their child during a never-ending galactic war. Apple bans gay sex images in adult comic 2013-04-10T13:00:55Z We don’t need membership in the galactic empire to understand the urgency of our situation here on Earth. An Astrophysical Approach to Our Environmental Crisis 2018-07-30T04:00:00Z In “Satellites,” the song that followed Bilal’s alien monologue, he observes human failures from a galactic distance — not an unusual vantage for him, you imagine. Review: Bilal Brings Far-Out Viewpoint to This Life and His Show 2015-07-03T04:00:00Z Surgeon, psychiatrist, moral compass; Bones was so much more than a galactic GP and was just as likely to be found on away missions as he was the Enterprise's medical bay. Six to watch: TV medics 2012-11-15T14:32:06Z In the series, United Earth had seceded from the galactic United Federation of Planets following the catastrophic event known as The Burn that spanned the galaxy. Stacey Abrams boldly goes to “Star Trek: Discovery” for a presidential cameo 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z Andrew Ainsworth sculpted the white helmets worn by the sinister galactic warriors in the original "Star Wars" film in 1977, and now sells replicas over the Internet. Lucas loses UK battle over stormtrooper helmets 2011-07-27T12:55:08Z Then they’ll use a stationary bike and a Google Cardboard virtual reality viewer to experience pedaling through their galactic landscapes. Events for Children in NYC This Week 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z The big difference, I guess, is that New York is always turned up to 11: London with a surge of power on the galactic grid. T Magazine: The Manhattan Project 2012-11-30T14:00:46Z The images, published at the height of the space race, were constructed as alien, analogized to galactic exploration and coded as masculine. The Empty Spectacle of Marilyn Monroe’s Fantasy Fetus 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z With its unhurried piano and slow gurgle of galactic synths that arrive like an extraterrestrial transmission sent from the stars, the track manifests as both earthen and astral bliss. 15 Songs We Almost Missed This Year 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z Sure, it's easy to play the band summit game with Muse: The Who meets Led Zeppelin and Jimi Hendrix, melded with Queen and even Emerson, Lake and Palmer for a galactic quest. Muse a contender for world's biggest band 2010-09-27T00:59:00Z Profound music Following the initial release of Metal Machine Music, Rolling Stone magazine called it the "tubular groaning of a galactic refrigerator." Metal machine 2010-04-20T14:30:00Z Take “The Last Human,” for instance, a space opera published in March about the galactic journey of an orphaned girl, described only as a human living among aliens. As Audiobook Market Grows, Narrators of Color Find Their Voice 2020-06-03T04:00:00Z Which is, in its way, a hot-rod movie too, about a young gearhead named Luke Skywalker whose rebellion against authority unfolds on a galactic scale and ends in feats of fancy driving. Burt Reynolds: A Star With the Pedal to the Metal 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z The conductor Gianandrea Noseda opens his second season as the director of the National Symphony Orchestra with this galactic concert at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. What’s on TV Saturday: ‘Love After Love’ and ‘The Shape of Water’ 2018-09-22T04:00:00Z The in-canon story details Jar Jar’s demotion to the status of a lowly Naboo street performer, destined to pratfall and gurn for a pittance in galactic credits for the rest of his days. A modern space opera: has Star Wars escaped the George Lucas worldview? 2017-02-20T05:00:00Z The German designer opted for a mix of a galactic and 1960s-inspired style for the French luxury powerhouse's ready-to-wear show on Tuesday, full of star-studded glitz and glamor. Chanel collection takes off at Paris Fashion week 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z The oil in my headis of huge commercial value and has been used by NASA, for even in the galactic emptiness of deep space it does not freeze. Extract: Seeing Stars by Simon Armitage 2011-01-24T11:04:26Z It is quite obvious to me that there is something about Scotland that attracts our galactic neighbours. If only a Scotsman had boldly gone… 2013-07-13T23:05:54Z He’s a Time Lord, a race of time-traveling aliens from the planet Gallifrey who were, once upon a time, galactic overseers — until they were driven mad by war. Everything You Should Know About Doctor Who Before the New Season Starts 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z Radically so; her inspiration came, in part, from Pharrell Williams’s galactically popular “Happy.” How Mavis Staples’s New Record Got Made 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z That album — a clutch of compact interrogations, unpremeditated but structurally coherent — reflects Mr. Taborn’s galactically broad interests, along with his multifaceted technique. Lonely Voyage of Player,Piano and Audience 2011-07-02T04:00:25Z The dark tone of the exhibition changes after a passage through the rotunda, leading to new, large-scale paintings that evoke cellular or galactic forms — and a feeling of expansiveness. An Artist’s Mythic Rebellion for the Venice Biennale 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z Star Wars fans are sharply divided on the credibility of Ewoks because a squad of furballs seems unlikely to be able to defeat a galactic army. Porgs are the latest Star Wars creature aimed at hearts and wallets 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z Alex James from Blur – before he became galactically tedious about, of all things, cheese – wrote a really charming, daffy example of the genre. Rod: The Autobiography by Rod Stewart – review 2012-11-07T00:00:05Z The heavy metal looks would be ideal for a futuristic galactic gladiator - even one who wanted to show her vulnerabilities as much as defend herself against adversaries. Versace corners chainmail market 2012-02-24T21:11:27Z This highlander with a taste for French finery is, in fact, one of those charismatic rogues we simply can’t resist, like that foppish Caribbean pirate, Captain Jack Sparrow, or the cocky galactic mercenary Han Solo. Review | Robert Louis Stevenson’s ‘Kidnapped’ is not just an adventure tale, it’s a timely novel about politics and dissent 2021-01-20T05:00:00Z The video designer David Bengali, who graced “Verne” with galactic tableaus on three video screens, here conjures a quietly austere and wintry landscape of gorgeous black and white. Review: In ‘Anna Akhmatova,’ a Magical Interlude Reconjured 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z Is the name-dropping of Tatooine or IG-88 enough to connect a show about amoral bounty hunters in space with a series of movies about heroes fighting against galactic fascists? You Got Star Trek in My Star Wars!: Mixing Up New Frontiers And Galaxies Far, Far Away 2013-01-16T13:00:41Z Knowing that mankind will destroy itself, prescient scientist Hari Seldon undertakes the building of a galactic empire to preserve all knowledge. Washington Post paperback bestsellers 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z Ana, who vibrates at a “different galactic frequency,” is not tamed, exactly, but she learns the art of kindness, while Paul, the perennial worrier and caretaker, learns resourcefulness and courage. Review: Dave Eggers’s New Novel, ‘Heroes of the Frontier’ 2016-07-17T04:00:00Z The spaceships are bulky, the fashions functional, the galactic landscapes mostly industrialized. “I am Groot”: The secret environmental messaging buried in “Guardians of the Galaxy” 2014-08-08T04:00:00Z But her insight is deeper and her determination steelier than that of the others in the master plot’s galactic whirl. Inherent Vice: Paul Thomas Anderson’s Nostalgia Trip 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z For my son and his friends, it didn’t matter that the narrator of “El Deafo” is a girl, or that there is no galactic warfare to be found, no plotline about defeating others. Beyond Battles, Boogers and Pranks 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z And the Sun Ra Arkestra, led by the 91-year old saxophonist Marshall Allen, still carries the galactic fervor of its namesake, with all appropriate brio. Jazz Listings for May 6-12 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z Like a galactic “Groundhog Day,” the game returns you, after each extinction event, to a campfire by your rocket ship, where you begin the quest anew, albeit with the knowledge gained from your previous sojourn. The Best Video Games of 2019 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z My memory of her singing “Believe in Yourself,” sparkling like a galactic goddess as Glinda in the movie version of “The Wiz,” was a truly formative one for me as a kid. Movie Stars Have Heroines, Too 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z Such as: the couple’s galactically publicized separation this year. Robin Thicke ignites discussion with ‘Paula,’ but these songs aren’t worth talking about Boundlessness is her brand: Her music has been described as “galactic country” or “cosmic cowgirl,” her Instagram handle is @spaceykacey and mind-expanding substances are part of the process. Kacey Musgraves’s Expanding Universe 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z You might think the worst Star Wars movie of all time has to be The Phantom Menace, the film that introduced Jar Jar Binks, midichloreans and the tedious galactic senate. Has JJ Abrams ruined plans to expand the Star Wars universe? 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z That is the atomic and subatomic and galactic structure of thiiiiiiings ! Sidney Lumet, 1924-2011: He made movies for grownups 2011-04-09T22:45:00Z It paid off – the film took $385m at the box office and gave the galactic horn to fans and non-fans alike. Star Trek Into Darkness: how it was made, by the people who made it 2013-05-11T05:00:00Z The galactic bounty hunter also had the best outfit of his kind, largely defined by that streamlined helmet he never took off. The Force is strong with “The Mandalorian” debut, but not the glitchy Disney+ launch 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z William Blake saw the world in a grain of sand; the artist Jitish Kallat finds galactic terrain in a fruit skin. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z We see this reality start to crumble near the end of the episode after Rick destroys the galactic economy. Everything Dan Harmon Told Us About Rick and Morty Season 3 2017-07-19T04:00:00Z PT. …will allow players to experience the all-out galactic war against an ancient alien race known as the Reapers from multiple fronts, including the mind-blowing opening attack on Earth that kicks off the single-player campaign. Goodbye, Productivity: Mass Effect 3 Demo Released 2012-02-16T12:30:46Z But there was also a film called , which in its fifth weekend earned a galactic $42.8 million on its way to all-time-champion status. Box Office: Green Hornet Buzzes Over a Dilapidated Dilemma 2011-01-16T14:25:00Z The woman blooms in their galactic abode; the man withers. Review: ‘The Outer Space’ is the Place, for an Unsettled Couple 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z At one point in “How to Win a Race War,” two characters escape from galactic devastation on a spacecraft traveling at warp speed. Review | The Klunch’s ‘How to Win a Race War’ is deliberately offensive 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z With them goes the concept of the order as defenders of the galactic greater good, and one assumes it’s surely not likely to be revived in the near future. Could The Last Jedi's title bode well for Star Wars' spirit of invention? 2017-01-23T05:00:00Z In the final scene we were transported to a galactic parliament. Mittwoch aus Licht; BBC Proms 50 & 51 – review 2012-08-25T23:06:12Z It contains the prerequisite galactic empire replete with political machinations. Review | ‘Dune’ is a classic space opera. Let’s talk about other great works in this genre. 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z His previous novel, “A Brief History of Seven Killings,” from 2014, used an assassination attempt on Bob Marley in 1976 to turn Jamaica into someplace far more galactic than a mere island. 10 Things Our Critics Are Looking Forward to in 2019 2019-01-01T05:00:00Z “While it was fun to be the chick from outer space in my imagination,” Ms. Womack writes, “the quest to see myself or browner people in this space age, galactic epic was important to me.” Afrofuturism: The Next Generation 2016-12-12T05:00:00Z With only 8,000 currently available, however, fans are being tasked with going on a “galactic hunt” to track them down to 7-Eleven locations across the country. Coca-Cola's 'Star Wars'-themed bottles come with light-up lightsabers on the label 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z Nuked to all but radioactive ash, the Earth has been rendered nearly uninhabitable, and its remaining people have fled to a galactic shelter. Movie Review: ‘Oblivion,’ With Tom Cruise 2013-04-18T22:11:58Z This is an album that should be playing as astronauts gather on a slowly spinning space station for a galactic rave. Coldplay get galactic with airy album ‘Music of the Spheres’ 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z A room approximating the bridge from “The Next Generation” — though not remotely as complicated or colorful — offers a simulation of galactic warfare while evaluating your response to battle conditions. Trekkies, Set Phasers to Fun for a Trip to Starfleet Academy 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z To remedy this self-destructive situation, a collective unification into galactic consciousness is required. The Maya apocalypse is not nigh 2012-12-20T17:50:00Z The day ends when everyone, including Padawans, Rebel pilots and even Tusken Raiders, rub elbows at a galactic gala featuring special effects and stunts normally reserved for Burbank film lots. Disney cruises to celebrate 'Star Wars Day at Sea,' but it's not for casual fans: 'There's no getting away from it' 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z The ring imbues him with powers, and he’s commissioned as an officer of the Green Lantern Corps, a galactic law enforcement agency. Marvel Will Change Captain Marvel's Origin Story in the Brie Larson Film 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z For all its galactic wonders, “The Book of Strange New Things” is a subtle, meditative novel that winds familiar space-alien tropes around terrestrial reflections on faith and devotion. Book review: ‘The Book of Strange New Things,’ by Michel Faber “Chafkin’s masterly evocation of his subject’s galactic fear — of liberals, of the U.S. government, of death — turns Thiel himself into a threat.” 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z Just as Earth is demolished, mild-mannered Arthur Dent escapes to the galactic freeway. Washington Post paperback bestsellers 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z Lee Pace, who plays a galactic emperor in “Foundation,” said that even though he and Harris appeared together only in the show’s first episode, they ate dinner regularly and compared notes. Jared Harris Is (and Isn’t) His Father’s Son 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z Sweetening the take is T'Challa's discovery of a Wakanda galactic vessel among The Collector's horde, which he uses to reunite with his family of birth and introduce them to his space-traveling family of choice. Chadwick Boseman's posthumous Marvel performance packs an emotional wallop befitting his legacy 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z “The Savage Detectives” may have made Bolaño’s name, but his posthumous publications — from the galactic “2666” to the winsome “Spirit of Science Fiction” — have cemented his legend. Roberto Bolaño Recenters His Mythic World 2021-02-16T05:00:00Z One featuring a certain galactic supervillain and his unnamed wife, who happens to resemble that of a certain politician, is devilishly fun. The Harley Quinn twisted Valentine's special brings the raunch and romance to our Hallmark holiday 2023-02-09T05:00:00Z The metaphysical change which takes place over 500 or so years is a horrifying experience – an experience in which he relives some of the most unendurable moments of his long life, including the galactic war. Doctor Who's acid test 2010-04-13T20:00:00Z We therefore expect that roughly one half of the stars in our galactic disk are older than the sun. The search for alien life: How close we really are to solving one of the universe’s great mysteries 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z These sprawling novels of galactic milieus, giant orbitals and even larger A.I. ships and their various machinations offer one of the most compelling and sustained visions of a far-flung future. Review | ‘Dune’ is a classic space opera. Let’s talk about other great works in this genre. 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z The physics and the very concept of black holes are daunting for nonscientists to understand, but Levin clearly explains the crucial role they play in galactic formation. New & Noteworthy, From Astrophysics to Reading Nabokov 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z Tracks murmur and thrum or surge and palpitate, flush with bleary murk and melodic curlicues reminiscent of earthen atmosphere and galactic ascent alike. Waking the Spirit of a Disco Innovator 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z Once again a vessel lumbers through the galactic void, and a diverse crew must contend with menacing weirdness outside the ship and growing paranoia within it. Movie Review: ‘Prometheus,’ by Ridley Scott, With Noomi Rapace 2012-06-07T12:44:28Z Her galactic charisma and physical incandescence turned a stock role into a three-course dinner. Best Performances of 2020 2020-12-04T05:00:00Z Flanked on the stage by twin columns of attendants, she was a galactic goddess in a white ermine cape. Afrofuturism: The Next Generation 2016-12-12T05:00:00Z She also realizes that her latest regeneration comes with society-imposed implications on Earth that leave her charges more vulnerable than, say, the companions of a galactically entitled white guy may be. The regeneration of "Doctor Who": Jodie Whittaker's Time Lord proved the naysayers wrong 2018-12-16T05:00:00Z The solar and galactic radiation that washes over Mars, which at its closest is 34 million miles away, will potentially be 700 times as great as what passes through our magnetic defenses. The Bodily Indignities of the Space Life 2023-11-12T05:00:00Z De la Vega explained that a galactic bar is a structure, made of stars, within galaxies. Milky Way-like galaxy found in the early universe 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z However, gas accretion occurs a few dozen light-years from the galactic center. Mystery resolved: Black hole feeding and feedback at the center of an active galaxy 2023-11-06T05:00:00Z Therefore, the slowly decaying plutonium-244 is, in addition to iron-60, another indicator of galactic events and the production of new elements in the last millions of years. Exploding stars 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z So, 20 years later, I'm sitting on the White House lawn, watching Arafat, Rabin, and Clinton sign the Oslo Accords, convinced in what became a galactic misjudgment, that the Israeli-Palestinian issue would now become irreversible. The 9/11 comparison is wrong — and Biden should know better 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z Scientists had long surmised that the Milky Way formed due to a galactic collision; the astronomers' work further underscores that hypothesis. Finding explanation for Milky Way's warp 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z According to him, galactic bars are thought to form in spiral galaxies with stars that rotate in an ordered fashion, the way they do in the Milky Way. Milky Way-like galaxy found in the early universe 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z Izumi and his colleagues initially captured, for the first time, the accretion flow heading towards the supermassive black hole within the high-density gas disk that extends over several light-years from the galactic center. Mystery resolved: Black hole feeding and feedback at the center of an active galaxy 2023-11-06T05:00:00Z We just haven’t seen them yet—at least not with the transit method or any of the various other methods that have added smaller numbers of worlds to our galactic tally. The Sky Is Full of Stars—and Exoplanets, Too 2023-10-06T04:00:00Z Running for almost a decade, MOA has gathered enough data to weigh in on the galactic abundance of rogue planets down to and even below Earth mass. Can Lucky Planets Get a Second Chance at Life? 2023-10-05T04:00:00Z Quasars are galactic cores where dust and gas fall into a black hole and release brilliant flares of electromagnetic radiation. Supermassive Black Hole Feeding Frenzies May Explain Blinking Quasars 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z Over billions of years, gravity pulled additional material into those baryon-dense regions, and galaxies and galactic clusters preferentially formed along their boundaries in thin shells like dust settling on a soap bubble. Ho’oleilana, a Billion-Light-Year-Wide Bubble of Galaxies, Astounds Astronomers 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z Identifying this accretion flow had long been a challenge due to the small scale of the region and the complex motions of gas near the galactic center. Mystery resolved: Black hole feeding and feedback at the center of an active galaxy 2023-11-06T05:00:00Z It is believed to be a baryon acoustic oscillation, a pressure wave frozen in time from the beginning of the cosmos and then stretched out to galactic scales by the universe’s expansion. ‘Fossilized’ Bubble 10,000 Times the Size of the Milky Way Could Be a Relic from the Big Bang 2023-09-25T04:00:00Z He’s built space ships in galactic worlds featured on “Star Wars” series including “Ahsoka” on Disney+. Hollywood crew members fight to hang on as the strikes drag on: 'We're the collateral damage' 2023-09-23T04:00:00Z Why do black holes and their galactic mansions differ in relative mass, depending on whether they reside in the faraway or nearby universe? JWST Finds Strange Harmony in Early Galaxies and Black Holes 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z Every two weeks or so, some scientific journal publishes a new article that implies our reality might just be a computer simulation or a game on some galactic laptop. With shutdown looming, GOP's comic-book villains push America to the abyss 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z When this situation occurs, the gas disk collapses under its own weight, forming complex structures and losing its ability to maintain stable motion at the galactic center. Mystery resolved: Black hole feeding and feedback at the center of an active galaxy 2023-11-06T05:00:00Z There's another type of radiation, galactic cosmic rays, that even a lot of water won't block. Why We’ll Never Live in Space 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z In the face of galactic optimism, she says, it's easy to forget just how big these hurdles are—and that we have “no guarantee that there's the motivation or ability to actually solve them.” Introducing Scientific American' s Redesign, Newsletter and Podcasts 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z Despite their colossal power, black holes are minuscule in comparison to their galactic homes. JWST Finds Strange Harmony in Early Galaxies and Black Holes 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z The star, which resides in the Perseus constellation, is about 1,000 light-years away from Earth and is just a few thousand years old, which on galactic timescales means it's just a baby. Webb telescope photographs baby star resembling our sun blasting hot molecular material 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z Furthermore, the study advanced quantitative understanding of gas flows around the active galactic nucleus. Mystery resolved: Black hole feeding and feedback at the center of an active galaxy 2023-11-06T05:00:00Z The radiation an astronaut en route to Mars might get from galactic cosmic rays at any one time is a small dose. Why We’ll Never Live in Space 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z The photograph captures a previously unknown galactic nebula containing a pair of stars surrounded by a common envelope, adding another exciting discovery to the winning images. Astronomy Photographer of the Year: Huge plasma arc wins 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z So far, JWST’s observations suggest that a heavy black hole came first, with galactic star formation kicking off later. JWST Finds Strange Harmony in Early Galaxies and Black Holes 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z So, for a long time, it was only a prediction that massive quasars might be evolving at the centers of vast galactic cities. Powerful black holes might grow up in bustling galactic neighborhoods 2023-09-12T04:00:00Z In other words, the majority of the accretion flow at the 1-light-year scale around the galactic center was not contributing to the growth of the black hole. Mystery resolved: Black hole feeding and feedback at the center of an active galaxy 2023-11-06T05:00:00Z If you need seven minutes of eye-bulging space wonderment in your life, you can hop over to NASA's fascinating spectroscopy explainer on YouTube and indulge in the agency's dazzling galactic imagery. A new X-ray telescope set to launch this weekend could unveil the structure of spacetime 2023-08-21T04:00:00Z The most important contribution to the galactic balance from Wolf-Rayet stars is the least expected: stardust. Rare ‘Pinwheel’ Stars Are a Beautiful Astronomical Puzzle 2023-08-18T04:00:00Z To conclude, why are we discovering this surprising property of early-universe galactic systems now? JWST Finds Strange Harmony in Early Galaxies and Black Holes 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z On the planet Ferrix, a hardscrabble galactic outpost populated by metalworkers and mechanics, the local band plays music by Nicholas Britell. Nicholas Britell finds the themes for outsized stories in this world and others 2023-08-16T04:00:00Z However, the research team pinpointed the location where the foreground molecular gas was absorbing the light from the active galactic nucleus shining brightly in the background. Mystery resolved: Black hole feeding and feedback at the center of an active galaxy 2023-11-06T05:00:00Z Astronomers find it extremely challenging to observe stars and other celestial objects in the galactic plane. Counting A Sky Full Of Stars 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z By studying how each star moves through a galaxy and its outer halo, astronomers can explore the roots of these galactic immigration events. Surprise Surprise! Stars Moving into Another Galaxy 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z Astronomers found evidence of such a ‘cosmic noon’ merger for the first time by detecting a pair of energetic quasars in the same galactic neighbourhood. Fast and Furious starring Dual Quasars 2023-05-03T04:00:00Z On a closer look at the star’s chemistry, astronomers think they might have just uncovered a galactic treasure. Tracing Our Stellar Ancestors 2023-07-05T04:00:00Z As the absorbing material consistently resides between the active galactic nucleus and Earth, this indicates that the team has successfully captured the accretion flow heading toward the active galactic nucleus. Mystery resolved: Black hole feeding and feedback at the center of an active galaxy 2023-11-06T05:00:00Z Image: The new survey dataset of the galactic plane of the Milky Way contains 3.32 billion celestial objects — the largest such catalogue so far. Counting A Sky Full Of Stars 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z Not only that, astronomers also found that this galactic immigration event took place about 2 billion years ago. Surprise Surprise! Stars Moving into Another Galaxy 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z They detected a faint polarised radio wave coming from the galactic cores. Cosmic Monsters’ Growth Secret 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z The object is far outside our galactic neighborhood, possibly billions of light-years away, says Christopher Britt, an education and outreach scientist at the Space Telescope Science Institute who helped plan these observations. NASA just found a question mark in space. What exactly is it? 2023-08-09T04:00:00Z Surprisingly, this rate was found to be 30 times greater than what is needed to sustain the active galactic nucleus. Mystery resolved: Black hole feeding and feedback at the center of an active galaxy 2023-11-06T05:00:00Z Other telescopes might then be able to scrutinize and study the black holes’ cosmic environs, potentially revealing more about the role these gravitational behemoths play in galactic growth and evolution. A Background ‘Hum’ Pervades the Universe. Scientists Are Racing to Find Its Source 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z These filters can do things like measure brightness at a specific infrared wavelength, which helps with NISP's galactic distance measurements. Euclid Space Telescope Snaps Spectacular First Images 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z With the wealth of data from this detection, astronomers also found important measurements indicating the presence of large amounts of gas around the galactic cores. Cosmic Monsters’ Growth Secret 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z There are two brighter spots, one in the curve and the other in the dot, which could be the galactic nuclei, or the centers of the galaxies, Britt says. NASA just found a question mark in space. What exactly is it? 2023-08-09T04:00:00Z There, they were recycled into an accretion flow toward the black hole, completing a fascinating gas recycling process at the galactic center. Mystery resolved: Black hole feeding and feedback at the center of an active galaxy 2023-11-06T05:00:00Z “It’s the idea that we exist on the galactic level and on the atomic level at the same time,” Lomberg explained. This space artist changed the way we see the universe 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z Today in the U.S., over 100 million adults think our galactic neighbors pay us visits. Why people tend to believe UFOs are extraterrestrial 2023-07-19T04:00:00Z Even in our own Milky Way, there are stellar clusters with densities of stars and dust above the galactic average. Earliest Merging Galaxies Discovered in New JWST Photos 2023-07-11T04:00:00Z So is it time to kick it to the galactic curb? We Need to Widen the ‘Habitable Zones’ Seen around Alien Stars 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z A quasar is an active galactic nucleus that is believed to be energized by a supermassive black hole. Early strings of cosmic web identified by James Webb Space Telescope 2023-07-04T04:00:00Z They may come from supernovae remnants, active galactic nuclei or something else entirely—or, perhaps most probably, a mix of all these sources. In a First, Scientists See Neutrinos Emitted by the Milky Way 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z Instead, the analysis turned up hundreds of neutrinos that came from the galactic plane of the Milky Way. Neutrinos Build a Ghostly Map of the Milky Way 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z That’s where the fun starts, said Dr. Mingarelli, who is looking forward to analyzing those maps and searching for even more exotic phenomena, like galactic jets, cosmic strings or wormholes. The Cosmos Is Thrumming With Gravitational Waves, Astronomers Find 2023-06-28T04:00:00Z The galactic center is a very rich environment because there is already a supermassive black hole there, and it’s got about four million times the mass of the sun. Strange Giant Filaments Reveal a Mystery at the Milky Way’s Heart 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z A delay in galactic starbursts has a knock-on effect, namely, a corresponding delay in the eruption of supernovae that enrich galaxies with heavy elements. JWST’s Glimpses of Early Galaxies Could Shed Light on Dark Matter 2023-06-20T04:00:00Z “This emission is like a haze along the galactic plane,” Fusco says. In a First, Scientists See Neutrinos Emitted by the Milky Way 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z I make it a point to listen to certain songs that are like the new anthems of no church, but the new anthems of a galactic cathedral that transcends corrupt corporations and governments. Carlos Santana: ‘My guitar is my best lover, ever’ 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z The new filaments are shorter — a few light-years in length — and they run in a different direction, parallel to the galactic plane rather than through it. Our Local Black Hole Serves Up an ‘Awe Moment’ 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z We found, surprisingly, a distribution of filaments parallel to the galactic plane. Strange Giant Filaments Reveal a Mystery at the Milky Way’s Heart 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z “Think aliens, think holographic,” Seattle Pride director Noah Wagoner said, describing the galactic love theme for 2023’s Pride in the Park. How to kick off Pride Month in Seattle: Pride in the Park and more 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z But what if our galactic neighbors are more advanced technologically? Is E.T. Eavesdropping On Our Phone Calls? 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z Yet these oh-so-important massive stars are also relatively rare, sufficiently sparse in our galactic neighborhood to stifle detailed studies of their stellar evolution. Gravitational-Wave Search Resumes after Three Years and Lots of Headaches 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z Astronomers have detected a new set of whiskers on the black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy: filaments of radio energy a few light-years long, and streaming outward along the galactic plane. Our Local Black Hole Serves Up an ‘Awe Moment’ 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z Amid the millions of young, hot stars zipping around galactic center, astronomers have also spied a tangle of curious filamentlike structures stretching out for light-years. Strange Giant Filaments Reveal a Mystery at the Milky Way’s Heart 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z They also found magnetic fields along other galactic bones strong enough to dampen star formation in all but the most active areas. How Magnetic Fields Control Galactic Growth 2023-04-29T04:00:00Z Results like this one can help fill in lingering gaps in the galactic planetary census. New Planet-Hunting Technique Finds Worlds We Can See Directly 2023-04-13T04:00:00Z Those early results came about so quickly because researchers used a clever shortcut to estimate galactic distances. JWST’s Newfound Galaxies Are the Oldest Ever Seen 2023-04-13T04:00:00Z How do they escape their galactic host, and how can they be seen when they emit no light at all? Astronomers Spy a Giant Runaway Black Hole’s Starry Wake 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z The person most likely to answer them may be Farhad Yusef-Zadeh, an astrophysicist at Northwestern University, who has been studying the galactic center for decades. Strange Giant Filaments Reveal a Mystery at the Milky Way’s Heart 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z On a galactic scale, fuzzy dark matter forms an underlying bath of undulating waves, buzzing together like a quiet static fuzz. Dark Matter Hunters Needs Fresh Answers 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z One alternative possibility she suggests is that Peekaboo, as a dwarf galaxy, has a relatively weak gravitational pull that allowed its heavy metals to be expelled by galactic winds. Mysteriously Young 'Peekaboo' Galaxy Could Reveal Secrets of Early Universe 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z "We wanted it to have a galactic, 'space man' feel, without it being too literal but to reflect his love of astronomy and astrology," he said. Eurovision: Sam Ryder's Space Man jumpsuit on display in Liverpool 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z Someday—thousands or even millions of years from now but essentially tomorrow on galactic scales—WR 124 will explode in a spectacular supernova. Rare, Dust-Shrouded Dying Star Revealed in New JWST Image 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z In the 1980s he and his colleagues discovered the first known filaments—streaks of superfast particles that stretch vertically through the galactic plane for more than 100 light-years and remain unexplained. Strange Giant Filaments Reveal a Mystery at the Milky Way’s Heart 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z By carefully tracking the motion of stars in galaxies, we may be able to see signs of these variations, proving the rippling nature of the galactic glue. Dark Matter Hunters Needs Fresh Answers 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z Occasionally, galactic centers might have two or more supermassive black holes orbiting each other in close proximity. A "runaway" supermassive black hole is hurtling through the universe at an astonishing speed 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z X7 is a particular mystery because it is, unlike most of other objects close to the galactic center, not a star. Astronomers are racing to study X7 before the Milky Way's central black hole destroys it 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z While some may prove to be smaller, “odds are good at least some of them will turn out to be” galactic giants, Labbe said. Space telescope uncovers massive galaxies near cosmic dawn 2023-02-22T05:00:00Z This month, a team of international astronomers announced that they've discovered a remarkable exoplanet that is remarkably similar to Earth as well as very close, at least on a galactic scale. A planet right in our galactic neighborhood is a lot like Earth 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z As the book begins, the planet, owned by a large galactic corporation named Verdance, is almost ready to accept tenants. Review | ‘The Terraformers’ is a dazzling look at the distant future 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z "For example, from them we can learn about galactic structure, galactic dust distributions, and star formation." Google Maps for space: Astronomers create an unprecedented, detailed Milky Way map 2023-01-23T05:00:00Z Diffuse gas in the two galactic haloes would compress on collision, forming a curved structure like the bow wave from a ship moving through water. A Recently Discovered Gas Cloud Near Andromeda Stumps Astronomers 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z And thanks to a galactic accord known as the Great Bargain, they all have a valid seat at the negotiating table. If Future Humans Terraformed a New Earth, Could They Get It Right? 2023-01-08T05:00:00Z The images reveal that two of the galaxies are currently merging with each other, and give us insights into how galactic interactions can result in star formation. The 7 most spectacular images from the James Webb Space Telescope's first year 2022-12-26T05:00:00Z Even if life on other planets evolves the ability to send information through radio waves, they might kill themselves off via nuclear weapons or climate change, or go extinct due to galactic hazards. Are we too primitive for aliens to bother with us? Some scientists think so 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z "For example, from them we can learn about galactic structure, galactic dust distributions, and star formation." Google Maps for space: Astronomers create an unprecedented, detailed Milky Way map 2023-01-23T05:00:00Z "Today we are one step closer to opening the UK's galactic gateway, with Virgin Orbit receiving a historic first licence to allow the UK’s first ever spaceflight launch," Transport Minister Mark Harper said. UK space regulator licenses Virgin Orbit for spaceflight launch 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z The film does linger on home-video footage of the couple digesting the galactic fallout from the interview the next day. Harry Takes Aim at William in New Episodes of Netflix Documentary 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z But its haul of galactic “baby pictures” has proved more bountiful than most researchers dared to dream. Astronomers Grapple with JWST’s Discovery of Early Galaxies 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z Jamil: It would be swell if a band of galactic warrior monks could have stopped the Nazis, or were available today to head off rising fascism around the world. There were no Jedi, and other reasons 'Andor' was great 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z UC grant applications could become less competitive if they have higher price tags, potentially affecting the university’s transformative work in climate change, genetic engineering, economic inequality and galactic mysteries, to name a few areas. Fears rise that UC strike could have long-lasting consequences on vaunted research, teaching 2022-11-28T05:00:00Z The galactic passages triggered a rain of comets on Earth, and their giant impacts built colossal amounts of new crust. The Milky Way’s Spiral Arms May Have Carved Earth’s Continents 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z The galactic grand slam was set to occur at a harmless asteroid 7 million miles away, with the spacecraft named Dart plowing into the rock at 14,000 mph. NASA spacecraft closes in on asteroid for head-on collision 2022-09-26T04:00:00Z I'm a professor of astronomy who studies galactic cores, distant galaxies, astrobiology and exoplanets. Are super-Earths more life-sustaining than our planet? 2022-09-24T04:00:00Z But relatively few, these days, have quasars, or what are now called active galactic nuclei. Maarten Schmidt, Caltech astronomer who changed our understanding of the cosmos, dies 2022-09-23T04:00:00Z From our perspective here on Earth, active galactic nuclei are a thing of the past—we see them only in the distant, ancient universe. The First Milky Way Black Hole Image Lets Scientists Test Physics 2022-09-19T04:00:00Z But why would this galactic scale be imprinted on Earth? The Milky Way’s Spiral Arms May Have Carved Earth’s Continents 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z Multiply all the factors together and you get the putative galactic census. Frank Drake, Who Led Search for Life on Other Planets, Dies at 92 2022-09-05T04:00:00Z Perhaps the high-energy galactic cosmic rays that Voyager 1 is no longer protected from have knocked atoms off its semiconductor chips and affected the electronics, Dodd said. JPL tries to keep Voyager space probes from disconnecting the world’s longest phone call 2022-09-03T04:00:00Z Calculate the centripetal acceleration of the Sun in its galactic orbit. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z The first layer is the galactic plane—27,000 light-years' worth of stars, gas and dust that blocks visible light. The First Milky Way Black Hole Image Lets Scientists Test Physics 2022-09-19T04:00:00Z And for the cycle that Kirkland’s team attribute to galactic forces, he has a boring explanation in mind: Regular movements of the plates that make up Earth’s crust. The Milky Way’s Spiral Arms May Have Carved Earth’s Continents 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z As they end their lives, stars return part of their gas to the galactic reservoirs of raw material. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z Unprotected by Earth’s magnetic field, organisms are more vulnerable to DNA damage caused by solar outbursts and galactic cosmic rays—a real concern for astronauts traveling to the Moon or Mars. Stowaways on NASA’s massive Moon rocket promise big science in small packages 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z The Sun lies about 30,000 light years from the center near the galactic plane. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z The James Webb Space Telescope peered through dust and gas to reveal star formation in a rare wheel-shaped galaxy that formed in a long-ago galactic crash. The Webb Telescope Captures a Stunning View of the Cartwheel Galaxy 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z Either way, Brandt says, “The heliosphere was way in, and we had a full blast of galactic cosmic rays and interstellar matter for a long, long time.” ‘Voyager on steroids.’ Mission would probe mysterious region beyond our Solar System 2022-07-27T04:00:00Z If most of the mass of our Galaxy were concentrated within the luminous region, then these very distant objects should travel around their galactic orbits at lower speeds than, for example, the Sun does. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z Theoretical calculations suggest that there are around 300 million potentially habitable planets in the Milky Way galaxy alone and several habitable Earth-sized planets within only 30 light-years of Earth – essentially humanity's galactic neighbors. How the James Webb telescope will search for alien life 2022-07-24T04:00:00Z Those distances are larger than expected for the observed galactic red shifts, implying the expansion was slower when that light was emitted. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z The crash altered its shape and structure to what astronomers can see today, forming two ring-like structures, one surrounding the galactic center and another framing the entire galaxy. The Webb Telescope Captures a Stunning View of the Cartwheel Galaxy 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z Gravitational lensing doesn’t just cause distant galaxies to appear warped; it can also make galactic mirror images. Behold, Some Hidden Gems from JWST’s First Images 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z And we cannot even see into the center of the Galaxy in visible light because of absorption by the interstellar dust that lies between us and the galactic center. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z Distinguishing between the two is not so simple; the light of a binary pair of stars blurs together at galactic distances. A way to find ‘quiet’ black holes finally bears fruit 2022-07-17T04:00:00Z It is compelling evidence of the creation of the universe in a gigantic explosion, already indicated by galactic red shifts. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z It provides scientists with new insights into how galactic interactions lead to star formation, as well as reveals more detail about a black hole in that region. James Webb Space Telescope reveals a range of beautiful images 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z The four close enough to be caught in a cosmic dance may give us a better understanding of how that interplay can drive galactic evolution. Behold, Some Hidden Gems from JWST’s First Images 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z The density of stars near the galactic center is high enough that we would expect a star to pass near the black hole and be swallowed by it every ten thousand years or so. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z That image will be followed Tuesday by the release of four more galactic beauty shots from the telescope’s initial outward gazes. Biden to reveal first image from NASA’s new space telescope 2022-07-11T04:00:00Z On a galactic scale, the light from a distant galaxy could be “lensed” into several images when passing close by another galaxy on its way to Earth. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z Astronomers had expected the Voyagers to detect a sudden surge in galactic cosmic rays—high-energy particles sprayed like shrapnel at nearly the speed of light from supernovae and other deep-space cataclysms. Record-Breaking Voyager Spacecraft Begin to Power Down 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z This time around we’re also getting a solid look at Christian Bale as Gorr the God Butcher, a galactic killer “who seeks the extinction of the gods.” Zeus flicks too hard in latest Thor trailer 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z The dwarf galaxy lies on the other side of the galactic center from us. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z Bizarre and mysterious as a black hole might be, Earthlings should understand that it poses no threat to our world and is essentially just a part of the galactic furniture. Supermassive black hole seen at the center of our galaxy 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z Searches for dark matter in this form are particularly interested in galactic halos because of the huge amount of mass that seems to be there. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z Most people working in the field, however, have been convinced by the dramatic uptick in galactic cosmic rays and plasma density the Voyagers measured. Record-Breaking Voyager Spacecraft Begin to Power Down 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z Although supermassive black holes have enormous masses—millions or billions of times that of the Sun—their intense gravity means that their outer edge, the event horizon, is tiny in galactic terms. Shadow of Milky Way’s giant black hole revealed by astronomers 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z The horizontal line corresponds to the galactic plane. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z Astrophysicists think black holes are common at the center of galaxies — and are in some way intrinsic to galactic evolution — although the chicken-and-egg question remains unresolved. Supermassive black hole seen at the center of our galaxy 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z To date, a few MACHOs have been observed, but not predominantly in galactic halos, nor in the numbers needed to explain dark matter. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z “We hope someday, having solved the problems we face, to join a community of galactic civilizations. This record represents our hope and our determination, and our good will in a vast and awesome universe.” Record-Breaking Voyager Spacecraft Begin to Power Down 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z The first challenge is dust: Clouds of dust around the galactic center make observations with optical telescopes impossible. Shadow of Milky Way’s giant black hole revealed by astronomers 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z The blue outline on either side of the galactic plane corresponds to the infrared image in Figure 25.7. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z Observing this black hole means peering through the galactic plane of the Milky Way — and all of the gaseous material in between us and the black hole. Scientists capture first image of supermassive black hole in heart of Milky Way 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z Discuss how this can be eliminated as the source of galactic red shifts, given that the shifts are proportional to distance and not to the size of the galaxy. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z From our perspective here on Earth, active galactic nuclei are a thing of the past—we only see them in the distant universe. The First Picture of the Black Hole at the Milky Way's Heart Has Been Revealed 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z Such a telescope not being available, the EHT does the next best thing: It observes the galactic center with a collection of telescope dishes scattered across the globe at the same time. Shadow of Milky Way’s giant black hole revealed by astronomers 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z When a small galaxy is swallowed by the Milky Way, its member stars are stripped away and form streams of stars in the galactic halo. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z Merger models routinely incorporate simple models of dark matter distribution, which greatly improves their ability to reproduce observed properties of galactic mergers, for example, by absorbing much of the orbital energy during the collision. Readers Respond to the December 2021 Issue 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z The average distance between stars in a galaxy is on the order of 5 light years in the outer parts and about 1 light year near the galactic center. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z The first layer is the galactic plane—26,000 light-years’ worth of gas and dust that blocks visible light. The First Picture of the Black Hole at the Milky Way's Heart Has Been Revealed 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z On TikTok, it links - without credible evidence - the melting of glaciers to "cosmic pulses of galactic interactions". How high-profile scientists felt tricked by group denying climate change 2022-04-25T04:00:00Z Their stars are still orbiting the galactic center, but not in the organized way that characterizes spirals. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z This happens in dense stellar clusters and could also be enhanced in a galactic merger. Readers Respond to the December 2021 Issue 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z These black holes are concentrated near galactic centers. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z And in the 1990s Ghez and Genzel independently began tracking the orbits of giant blue stars in the galactic center, mapping their motion around a heavy but hidden pivot point. The First Picture of the Black Hole at the Milky Way's Heart Has Been Revealed 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z These stars have a well-known luminosity and can be used as standard candles to measure galactic distances—an independent rung on the cosmic ladder, if you will. Astronomers Gear Up to Grapple with the High-Tension Cosmos 2022-04-18T04:00:00Z Comparison of the two graphs shows how rapidly the determination of galactic distances and redshifts progressed in the 2 years between these publications. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z Until now, I had not considered that galactic “collisions” only minimally involve component stars. Readers Respond to the December 2021 Issue 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z Instead, the velocity curve is almost flat, implying that there is a tremendous amount of matter in the galactic halo. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z It instead posits that the x-ray signals from the galactic core are just as likely to be caused by neutron star binaries. Swarms of Black Holes at the Milky Way’s Heart? Maybe Not 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z The second theory is that they result from the activities of an active galactic nucleus, with radio jets spewing particles to create the ORC’s shape. Astronomers See a Bizarre Space Circle in Unprecedented Detail 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z Two giant bubbles that extend 25,000 light-years above and below the galactic center are emitting gamma rays. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z According to an account at Salon, the season’s story arc is about the galactic United Federation of Planets coming back together after a catastrophic fracture. Stacey Abrams wins high political office — on ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z But we still do not know much about how they form, what their role in the history of galactic evolution has been, and the nature of space in their vicinity. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z And galactic nuclei remain theorists’ best bet for where those conditions occur. Swarms of Black Holes at the Milky Way’s Heart? Maybe Not 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z In the following decades, Parker expanded his research to examine cosmic rays, galactic magnetic fields, and other topics in astrophysics. Eugene Parker, Namesake of NASA’s Sun-Touching Spacecraft, Dies at Age 94 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z Active galactic nuclei powered by supermassive black holes in the centers of most galaxies can have major effects on the host galaxy, including shutting off star formation. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z Mr. Anger conceived of a galactic form: spiraling concentric circles around the Matrimandir — a circular golden meditation chamber — with 12 radial roads. Build a New City or New Humans? A Utopia in India Fights Over Future. 2022-03-05T05:00:00Z However, so many black holes are now known that correlations between black hole mass and galactic nuclei characteristics are being studied. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z “Even a handful of black hole binaries in the galactic center implies the existence of hundreds to thousands of isolated black holes,” he says. Swarms of Black Holes at the Milky Way’s Heart? Maybe Not 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z To subtract the galactic spectrum correctly, researchers have to calculate with high precision how their instrument and the environment around it respond to various radio wavelengths, also known as the experiment’s systematics. New Result Casts Doubt on ‘Cosmic Dawn’ Claim 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z Based on what you see in the galactic plane, are X-rays experiencing more extinction at redder or bluer colors? Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z Place settings at dinner include giant pairs of tweezers called “galactic grabbers.” Disney Takes Visitors to a Galaxy Far, Far Away 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z Candidates for black holes may power the extremely energetic emissions of quasars, distant objects that seem to be early stages of galactic evolution. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z The myriad differences between somewhat sedate globular clusters and the action-packed environs of the galactic center, he says, stack up to invalidate comparisons between their respective populations of neutron stars. Swarms of Black Holes at the Milky Way’s Heart? Maybe Not 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z At one point, he added, they poured milk “through a funnel into a narrow trough,” filming its flow to capture images that looked “cosmic, galactic, huge and epic.” Douglas Trumbull, filmmaker and master of visual effects, dies at 79 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z While there is relatively little luminous matter beyond 30,000 light-years, we now know that a lot of invisible matter exists at great distances from the galactic center. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z Now, astronomers have begun to identify the remains of its meals smeared across the galactic halo, a huge spherical volume taking in the Milky Way’s spiral and much space beyond. The Milky Way is a messy eater. This map shows the crumbs it has left behind 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z It offers up a galactic Imperium ruled by a jealous emperor. How these filmmakers looked to Frank Herbert's spirit to keep 'Dune' human 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z “The reality is: the universe would have to be pretty pathological for there to be no black holes in the galactic center and similarly for there to be no neutron stars,” Ford says. Swarms of Black Holes at the Milky Way’s Heart? Maybe Not 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z We now have access, for instance, to a galactic load of Korean television fully equipped to well us up while we knit scarves or fold clothes. The Power of a Good Cry 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z We do, however, have one remarkable asset in studying galactic evolution. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z In June 2011, these two surveys spotted something of note: A suddenly brightening star 20,000 light-years away towards the densely packed galactic bulge in the center of the Milky Way. Astronomers Find First-Ever Rogue Black Hole Adrift in the Milky Way 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z A massive “Star Wars” fan since early childhood, Antonee Robinson introduces himself by his galactic nickname — “to schoolteachers, new friends,” he said. USMNT turns to a ‘Jedi’ for crucial World Cup qualifying victory 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z The forthcoming faceplates come in black and red — matching the DualSense controllers Sony released over the summer — as well as entirely new hues called “starlight blue,” “nova pink,” and “galactic purple.” Where to preorder the colorful new PS5 covers and DualSense 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Scientists say the discovery is the largest group of "mysterious galactic nomads" ever found. Stray planets are more common than we thought: Astronomers find 70 "rogue" planets in our galaxy 2021-12-29T05:00:00Z If life and intelligence are common and have such tremendous capacity for growth, why is there not a network of galactic civilizations whose presence extends even into a “latecomer” planetary system like ours? Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z The story is one of outliers and stragglers that fail to conform to galactic norms. Dark Matter May Be Missing from This Newfound Galaxy, Astronomers Say 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z That scattering should imprint a polarization on the x-rays, a sign that they came from the galactic center and not the cloud itself. NASA telescope to study how extreme cosmic objects sculpt x-ray light 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z Studying galaxy mergers also helps us understand the history of the universe because when the cosmos was younger and denser, galactic collisions were much more common. Galaxy Collisions Preview Milky Way’s Fate 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z Kepler found thousands of planets, showing exoplanets were not a galactic rarity, but the norm. On the launch pad at last, NASA’s Webb telescope will probe first stars and weather on alien worlds 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z Both active galactic nuclei and quasars derive their energy from material falling toward, and forming a hot accretion disk around, a massive black hole. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z As these stars expired in explosive supernovae, the resulting winds and shocks would drive outflows of dark matter away from the galactic center. Dark Matter May Be Missing from This Newfound Galaxy, Astronomers Say 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z As the Solar System orbits the galactic center at 225 kilometers per second, Earth presumably plows into a wind of WIMPs. Is the end in sight for famous dark matter claim? 2021-11-09T05:00:00Z They are all caught in the throes of a galactic merger and are all experiencing galactic outflows. Galaxy Collisions Preview Milky Way’s Fate 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z This slice of brain tissue resembles a galactic crush of stars stretched across a darkened sky: The scattered blue stars are glia, the brain’s protective cells. How does COVID-19 change the brain? This scientist is finding out 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z Astronomers call those galactic changes over cosmic time evolution, a word that recalls the work of Darwin and others on the development of life on Earth. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z Collisions between dark matter particles would, on average, increase the velocities of those nearer the galactic center, making them gradually spread outward to transform the dark matter density profile from a cusp into a core. Dark Matter May Be Missing from This Newfound Galaxy, Astronomers Say 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z The mission will also study other high-energy objects, such as giant stars exploding as supernovae and matter-gorging black holes in galactic centers. News at a glance: Climate promises, a predatory ‘Hydra’ publisher, and tracking the birth of elements 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z These galaxies, which have a far-infrared luminosity of more than a trillion times the sun’s brightness, are almost always violent galactic collisions. Galaxy Collisions Preview Milky Way’s Fate 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z Disney’s Magic Bake-Off The young bakers design 3D galactic cakes featuring the Star Wars universe and their favorite characters. What's on TV Friday: 'Magnum P.I.' on CBS; 'La Frontera With Pati Jinich,' PBS; MLB playoffs 2021-10-22T04:00:00Z The development of massive black holes then triggered quasars and other active galactic nuclei whose powerful outflows of energy and matter shut off the star formation in their host galaxies. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z Arrakis is the repository of hallucinogenic “spice” mines: the source of what’s known as “mélange” that extends life and enhances mental abilities, and that everyone in the galactic empire wants. Review | ‘Dune’ is the movie fans have been waiting for, even if they’ll have to wait for the rest of it 2021-10-18T04:00:00Z Specifically, everyone is fighting over control of the desert planet Arrakis — the titular “dune” — and the source of the incredibly valuable resource spice, which enables all galactic commerce and travel. Dune puts an epic franchise ahead of its epic story 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z By providing a framework to connect luminous infrared galaxies, powerful starbursts, and active galaxies and quasars, it helped renew interest in how galactic mergers influence galaxy evolution over cosmic time. Galaxy Collisions Preview Milky Way’s Fate 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z It allows interstellar travel and fires the galactic economy, among other mystical qualities. Denis Villeneuve navigates the thorny criticisms around ‘Dune’ 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z Notice that as the portions of the blobs closest to the galactic center move faster, those farther out trail behind. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z Our galactic neighbors will not disappear if we ignore them, in much the same way that the Earth-sun system was under no obligation to satisfy the self-centered notion of geocentrism. Microbes, Natural Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence 2021-10-02T04:00:00Z Dune does try to have its cake and eat it, too, in some respects, with Paul’s visions of possible futures filling in for epic Freman battles and Dune’s galactic stakes. Dune puts an epic franchise ahead of its epic story 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z This satellite produced the first far-infrared map of the entire sky—a huge boon to the study of the hidden universe and, in particular, galactic mergers. Galaxy Collisions Preview Milky Way’s Fate 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z It’s a story about the downfall of a galactic empire, with lots of political intrigue to follow. Apple’s Foundation starts out big, lavish, and a little boring 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z The regions farthest from the galactic center take longer to complete their orbits and thus lag behind the inner regions. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z In this sense, the Chicxulub impactor truly does have galactic implications as a time capsule of both biological disaster and the birth of new life. The Rock That Ended the Dinosaurs Was Much More Than a Dino Killer 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z Musgraves, 33, has called her new music, which incorporates many different sounds, as “galactic country,” drawing from countless influences. Kacey Musgraves has joined country’s long tradition of divorce albums — familiar refrains that help listeners wallow and heal 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z Future discoveries of interstellar objects will continue to inform our understanding of the solar system in its galactic context. The Solar System's Oort Cloud May Harbor an Astonishing Number of Objects from Other Stars 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z There they plan to set up the titular Foundation, with the goal of creating a repository of knowledge that might otherwise be lost during the long, dark period of galactic decline. Apple’s Foundation starts out big, lavish, and a little boring 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z We call the period of the Sun’s revolution the galactic year. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z In the 1920s, Edwin Hubble, at the helm of an enormous telescope, discovered that the Milky Way, Andromeda and Herschel spirals were galactic islands in a vast cosmic sea. What Animals See in the Stars, and What They Stand to Lose 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z It also has obvious jets spewing matter above and below the galactic disk, a hallmark of an active giant black hole. Event Horizon Telescope captures ‘beautiful’ images of second black hole’s jet 2021-07-19T04:00:00Z Because they are charged, they can be deflected away from Earth by galactic magnetic fields. Exploding stars may have assaulted ancient Earth 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z But occasionally a passing star or galactic tides will stir these icy leftovers from the solar system’s dawn, causing comets to fall toward the distant sun and into the observability of our telescopes. Astronomers Thrill at Giant Comet Flying into Our Solar System 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z It is a long time compared to human time scales; during the entire lifetime of Earth, only about 20 galactic years have passed. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z Exoplanet hunters have caught sight of a multitude of Earth- and Venus-size worlds far from our galactic backwater, each of them an Elysium or a Tartarus. Is NASA about to Lift the ‘Venus Curse?’ 2021-06-02T04:00:00Z Astrophysicists don’t fully understand how galactic nuclei drive these fantastically powerful fountains. Event Horizon Telescope captures ‘beautiful’ images of second black hole’s jet 2021-07-19T04:00:00Z One possibility is that dark matter is strongly self-interacting and avoids galactic cores. Maybe Dark Matter Is More Than One Thing 2021-05-30T04:00:00Z Generally, maps of dark matter contained galaxies that were very far away from our own local galactic supercluster, the neighborhood of galaxies that are gravitationally bound and which include the Milky Way. New map shows how dark matter "bridges" tether galaxies 2021-05-28T04:00:00Z At the present time, we observe clouds of gas and dust falling into the galactic center at the rate of about 1 MSun per thousand years. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z This busy, high-energy galactic center is 26,000 light years away. NASA releases stunning new pic of Milky Way’s ‘downtown’ 2021-05-28T04:00:00Z “The Bad Batch” depicts a world in which the evil Empire is in control and trying to determine whether clones fit into the new galactic equation. ‘The Bad Batch’ proves Star Wars animation still has a story to tell 2021-05-04T04:00:00Z All in all, galactic nuclei offer launch sites for the fastest habitable platforms that nature offers for free. Stars That Race through Space at Nearly the Speed of Light 2021-05-01T04:00:00Z Our vision was quite different, even poetic: create inspiration for an equitable civilization that we dubbed "synergetic civilization," and seek habitable systems in the local galactic environs. The inside story of Biosphere 2, a forgotten experiment to rethink human civilization 2021-03-27T04:00:00Z Astronomers continue to monitor the galactic center area for flares or other activity. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z Mazzucchelli said astronomers usually expect to find quasars with radio jets in a certain kind of galactic environment — "surrounded by overdensities of galaxies that will evolve in the clusters of galaxies that we see nowadays." Astronomers hope to use a quasar as a "flashlight" to see into the universe's dark past 2021-03-12T05:00:00Z Their influence ripples through nearly every story in this collection, from the riveting tale of their first observations to their sensing of new classes of black holes and the so-called galactic factories that generate them. Golden Age of Black Holes 2021-03-02T05:00:00Z It would not be surprising if advanced technological civilizations choose to migrate toward galactic centers for the same reason that astronauts and spectators flock to Florida’s Cape Canaveral during rocket launches. Stars That Race through Space at Nearly the Speed of Light 2021-05-01T04:00:00Z We will use this new telescope to learn about galactic histories, which will provide insight into the fate the universe holds for us. NASA Needs to Rename the James Webb Space Telescope 2021-03-01T05:00:00Z Population I stars are found only in the disk and follow nearly circular orbits around the galactic center. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z Our galactic neighborhood likely formed from an object that looked similar. Astronomers hope to use a quasar as a "flashlight" to see into the universe's dark past 2021-03-12T05:00:00Z Earth’s magnetic field, which is constantly being generated deep within the planet’s molten outer core, protects against dangerous galactic and solar rays. A Hitchhiker’s Guide to an Ancient Geomagnetic Disruption 2021-02-18T05:00:00Z Most supernovae that astronomers observe are in far-off galaxies, where they briefly outshine their galactic surroundings. New Supernova Alert System Promises Early Access to Spectacles in Space 2021-02-22T05:00:00Z The game’s ending is partly dependent on the player’s “galactic readiness,” a combination of factors like player choice, resources, and success in competitive matches; a high readiness level helps usher in the game’s top-tier endings. Mass Effect: Legendary Edition cuts multiplayer in favor of single-player improvements 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z Some are in the disk, but many others follow eccentric elliptical orbits that carry them high above the galactic disk into the halo. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z And several upcoming telescopes will aid us in this time-traveling galactic census. Giant Galaxies from the Universe’s Childhood Challenge Cosmic Origin Stories 2021-01-27T05:00:00Z The extreme tilt was designed to bring an important target within view: the supermassive black hole that sits in the galactic center. How the famed Arecibo telescope fell—and how it might rise again 2021-01-14T05:00:00Z Likewise, Disney is expanding its Star Wars-related shows, building on the success of “The Mandalorian,” which follows a galactic bounty hunter. In streaming wars, Disney+ bests Netflix in most popular movies in 2020 2021-01-12T05:00:00Z I noted that some “institutional investors” called it a correction after its recent galactic speculative rally with some bemusement. Oil and bitcoin rise as markets move higher – business live 2021-01-12T05:00:00Z Measurements show that the Galaxy does not rotate as a solid body, but instead its stars and gas follow differential rotation, such that the material closer to the galactic center completes its orbit more quickly. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z They found that 55 percent originated in the galactic disk, 30 percent are from outside the Milky Way galaxy, and 15 percent are from the galactic center. Astronomers discover a peculiar batch of stars moving fast enough to leave the galaxy 2021-01-05T05:00:00Z An already known class of brief transients at cosmological distances are fast radio bursts, but these are thought to originate from highly magnetized neutron stars based on a known galactic source. The Cosmic Dawn of Technology 2020-12-28T05:00:00Z It’s a great show to watch if you enjoy the Star Wars films and are looking for some material that further expands upon the lore of this fictional galactic universe. The 10 best streaming shows on Disney Plus, Hulu, and ESPN Plus for 2020 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z Love that groovy voiceover that promises “a galactic odyssey against oppression.” New trailers: Small Axe: Red White and Blue, Equinox, Sweet Home, and more 2020-11-29T05:00:00Z Make a list of ways that the environment near the galactic center differs from the environment in the “galactic suburbs,” where the Sun is located. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z “If you’re a fan of active galactic nuclei, this is a great time to be alive,” says Bryan Dorland, an astronomer at the U.S. Precise maps of millions of bright quasars show our place in the cosmos as never before 2020-11-24T05:00:00Z Their place has been taken by something out of "Star Wars": galactic fleets of delivery trucks bringing Amazon's apocalyptic cornucopia to our front doors. California's karmic debt to the world 2020-10-17T04:00:00Z “What's so beautiful about our galactic center is that the measurements don't allow for any other possibility than a four-million-solar-mass black hole.” Nobel Prize Work Took Black Holes from Fantasy to Fact 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z The season will follow the crew as they attempt to restore the galactic organization. Star Trek: Discovery season 3 trailer jumps into the future 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z Shapley used the positions of globular clusters to determine the location of the galactic center. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z As the Universe balloons, eventually, gravitational forces won’t be able to keep galactic clusters together. Crunch, rip, freeze or decay — how will the Universe end? 2020-08-09T04:00:00Z This baby sun and its two giant gas planets are fairly close by galactic standards at 300 light-years away. Telescope snaps family portrait of 2 planets around baby sun 2020-07-22T04:00:00Z But an active galactic nucleus, where the gravity of a supermassive black hole draws gas and dust into an immense accretion disk, would offer the perfect conditions to create a flare. Astronomers May Have Glimpsed Light from Merging Black Holes 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z Investing some time into stargazing will yield not just a better understanding of Earth’s relationship to its galactic surroundings, but a bit of perspective in unsettling times. You don’t need a telescope to be a stargazer 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z If our solar system is 4.6 billion years old, how many galactic years has planet Earth been around? Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z In typical Collins fashion, his response to the global pandemics of Covid-19 and systemic racism comes in his own brand of galactic funk. Bootsy Collins: 'We're all funky, just not all of us know it' 2020-06-15T04:00:00Z All three galactic interactions were associated with a burst of Milky Way star formation. Collision of galaxies may have spurred our solar system's formation 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z But in the aftermath of the May 2019 merger, an active galactic nucleus in the same region of the sky doubled in brightness. Astronomers May Have Glimpsed Light from Merging Black Holes 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z “Muster” questions gun culture and all sorts of violence with a mandolin-supported melody, while “Change My Heart” focuses on galactic vibrations and the consequences of the “American schism.” Review: Indigo Girls passionate, tuneful on fine ‘Look Long’ 2020-05-20T04:00:00Z Will this be enough mass to affect the orbit of the Sun around the galactic center? Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z Within the flailing combustion of True Fine Mama we now recognise a conventional 12-bar blues; at the time we heard formless galactic meltdown. Little Richard obituary 2020-05-10T04:00:00Z Two other star-formation surges linked to the galactic collision peaked 1.9 billion years ago and 1 billion years ago, each lasting a few hundred million years. Collision of galaxies may have spurred our solar system's formation 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z Another possible source is the natural variability of the active galactic nucleus, which is known to change in brightness over time. Astronomers May Have Glimpsed Light from Merging Black Holes 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z Meet your new but shy galactic neighbor: A black hole left over from the death of a fleeting young star. Astronomers find closest black hole to Earth, hints of more 2020-05-06T04:00:00Z Recent studies have found that there is probably a large amount of galactic material that extends well beyond the apparent edge of galaxies. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z They also hold information about stellar death, the entourage of massive black holes in galactic nuclei and interstellar chemistry. Don’t be down on stratospheric observatory 2020-05-04T04:00:00Z Some 2,000 feet beneath the research boat she was aboard, a creature drifted past in the shape of a vast, galactic swirl. This Might Be the Longest Creature Ever Seen in the Ocean 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z If the second flare occurs as predicted, it will spark a new era in the study of active galactic nuclei. Astronomers May Have Glimpsed Light from Merging Black Holes 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z Of course, close is relative on the galactic scale. Astronomers find closest black hole to Earth, hints of more 2020-05-06T04:00:00Z Astronomers are still trying to evaluate the relative importance of these effects in determining the overall evolution of galactic bulges and the rates of star formation. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z The telescope, for example, recently spotted a ‘galactic traffic jam’ more than 60 million light-years away. NASA’s Hubble space telescope spots quasar tsunamis ripping across galaxies 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z Given the results from the animal studies, galactic cosmic rays could impair some of the necessary skills needed for a successful mission, including memory, sociability and a stable mood. We Should Send Women on a Mars Mission 2020-03-11T04:00:00Z Participants earn a “boarding pass” with basic training on galaxy types, then visit a variety of galactic regions and classify galaxies through multiple-choice questions that help them describe what they see. Galaxy Cruise, a citizen science project, seeks volunteers to help classify images of ‘galactic interactions’ 2020-03-06T05:00:00Z That disregards the massive galactic arc that we had figured out for the story. Perry Bible Fellowship’s Nicholas Gurewitch on making comics for the internet’s golden age 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z He made her look like some galactic siren, not what was suitable for Carol Brady.” ‘Brady Bunch’ star Susan Olsen remembers her friendship with Florence Henderson: ‘All the love was genuine’ 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z This was a message from Planet Earth vectored into the Milky Way … a hopeful call across space and time to our fellow galactic citizens. How the Celebrated "Pale Blue Dot" Image Came to Be 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z Which is, of course, hypocrisy on a galactic scale. GOP plays by different rules 2020-02-09T05:00:00Z Atop the Mauna Kea volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island, the Subaru Telescope captures faint images of some of the most dramatic events in the universe: galactic interactions. Galaxy Cruise, a citizen science project, seeks volunteers to help classify images of ‘galactic interactions’ 2020-03-06T05:00:00Z Existential paranoia on a galactic scale is, it seems, the new normal. Inside the mind of Dominic Cummings 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z For an orbiting planet to thrive, the galactic center would also need to be tranquil: “an old galaxy,” Bakala says, with “almost empty space” surrounding the black hole. Could a habitable planet orbit a black hole? 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z Some, known as quasars or active galactic nuclei, shine brightly from across the universe as they continuously devour surrounding gas. Black holes caught in the act of swallowing stars 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z In the series, humanity battles against a galactic descent into 30,000 years of barbarism, foretold by the statistical science of ‘psycho-history’. Isaac Asimov: centenary of the great explainer 2020-01-27T05:00:00Z It’s not quite as simple as a kind of galactic car crash. Galaxy Cruise, a citizen science project, seeks volunteers to help classify images of ‘galactic interactions’ 2020-03-06T05:00:00Z Initially, she says, she was studying how SgrA* influences the gas near the galactic center. Mysterious, Dusty Objects Are Swarming the Milky Way’s Core 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z Researchers dated the dust on the basis of neon isotopes produced from exposure to galactic cosmic rays while in space. Daily briefing: Grains of stardust are the oldest material ever found on Earth 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z It will be interesting to see how this develops as explanations are proposed for its origin and relationship to the galactic spiral arms.” Astronomers discover huge gaseous wave holding Milky Way's newest stars 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z Last week, a picture showed a gorgeous display of galactic "fireworks" some 23 million light-years away. First meteor shower of 2020 seen in stunning NASA image from space 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z An image released this week showed a gorgeous display of galactic "fireworks" some 23 million light-years away. Earth's glittering lights seen from International Space Station 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z But that did not happen: G2 slid right on by SgrA*—scarcely worse for wear, save for some slight deformation of its shape—and continued on its galactic journey. Mysterious, Dusty Objects Are Swarming the Milky Way’s Core 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z Writing in Nature, Willis et al.2 provide a glimpse of what happened during the dark ages by doing some galactic archaeology. Galaxy cluster illuminates the cosmic dark ages 2019-12-31T05:00:00Z It shows people just trying to get by, out in the galactic equivalent of a small midwestern farm town. The Mandalorian shows why Star Wars should be smaller 2019-12-28T05:00:00Z Space Command, first subjected to a galactic power surge hitting the Solar System that threatens to wipe out all humanity with anti-matter waves potentially tied to his dad’s failures. ‘Ad Astra’ 4K Ultra HD review 2019-12-25T05:00:00Z Scientists need to study these galactic bulges more, but they may be complex composite structures rather than simple ones, according to the space agency. NASA's Hubble spots stunning 'pinwheeling' galaxy 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z Absolutely — but not because Rey was born into Palpatine’s galactic dynasty, a twist that feels unnecessary and contradictory to her journey thus far. A spoilery breakdown of our reactions to the biggest 'Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker' twists 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z But the most recent PlayStation looks more like the headquarters of a galactic government. The environmental impact of a PlayStation 4 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z Once you’ve seen the movie, expand your palate with a galactic meal. Can’t wait for ‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’? Get ready with these Seattle-area events. 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z And yet, this is just a short snippet of a much longer galactic simulation created by researchers in Germany and the United States, called TNG50. Levitating Drugs, Star Wars Tech and a Simulated Universe: Science GIFs to Start Your Week 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z Dubbed the galactic center excess, that glow enshrouds the heart of the galaxy. Physicists revive hunt for dark matter in the heart of the Milky Way 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z Sullivan is known for his work in astrobiology, galactic and extragalactic astronomy, gnomonics, and the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. Did you notice a bright, explosive-sounding streak across the sky Sunday night? Here’s what that was. 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z On a large screen near him, scenes from the galactic show, which premieres Nov. 12 on Disney’s new streaming platform, played in the background. Stylish composer Ludwig Göransson is adding his musical touch to 'Star Wars.' Are you ready? 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z Breakthrough Listen, a scientific program in search for evidence of technological life, hopes to survey a million nearby stars, the entire galactic plane and 100 nearby galaxies. NASA’s planet-hunting probe joins search for alien life 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z During the course of the trilogy, which wraps up with “The Rise of Skywalker,” in December, Driver has managed to transpose the wounded virility of his twenty-first-century characters to the saga’s galactic scale. Adam Driver, the Original Man 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z The discovery of the galactic center excess touched off a frenzy of “model building,” in which theorists tried to concoct specific theories of dark matter that would fit the data. Physicists revive hunt for dark matter in the heart of the Milky Way 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z He had started observing 20 bright stars in our galactic neighborhood. Nobel Prize in Physics Awarded for Studies of Earth’s Place in the Universe 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z Reports written by colonial servants of the galactic empire Canopus, historical texts, accounts and case studies create a diffuse narrative. Doris Lessing at 100: roving time and space 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z For one thing, the longer people live away from Earth, the more exposure they have to deep-space radiation and galactic cosmic rays. Elon Musk’s future Starship updates could use more details on human health and survival 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z A new study about an FRB discovered in November 2018 reveals more about it, as well as the massive galactic halo it traveled through. Mysterious fast radio burst unveils 'galaxy’s tranquil halo' 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z Will particle theorists start to puzzle over the galactic center excess again? Physicists revive hunt for dark matter in the heart of the Milky Way 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z The defining chapter of BioWare’s space epic tackles everything: race, genocide, romance and heroism, all against a backdrop of impending galactic doom. The 50 best video games of the 21st century 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z “We hope someday,” he wrote back at a time when we expected our president to lift our spirits, “having solved the problems we face to join the community of galactic civilizations.” Review: Musicians turn the Big Dipper into an 'interstellar cantata,' with help from NASA 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z The first such galactic outcast was discovered in 2005, whizzing along at about three million kilometers per hour—fast enough to fly from New York City to Los Angeles in less than five seconds. Midsize Black Holes May Explain the Milky Way's Speediest Stars 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z We live in a warped world, galactically speaking. Fang Needles, Quantum Carpets and Tender Robot Touches 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z Others say the galactic center excess will likely remain too ambiguous to analyze decisively. Physicists revive hunt for dark matter in the heart of the Milky Way 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z After his galactic adventures in the Super Mario Galaxy games, Odyssey brought the cheerful plumber back down to Earth. The 50 best video games of the 21st century 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z The map showed that the galaxy’s disk, far from flat, is significantly warped and varies in thickness from place to place, with increasing thickness measured further from the galactic center. Astronomers find that Milky Way is a warped and twisted galaxy 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z If it is fighting galactic spin, however, it will slow down and not escape the Milky Way. Midsize Black Holes May Explain the Milky Way's Speediest Stars 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z The book is the perfect beach read for science fiction fans, with plenty of spy craft set against galactic intrigue. 10 new science fiction and fantasy novels to check out this August 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z Our sun sits on a minor arm of the spinning, star-strewn pinwheel of the Milky Way, about 25,000 light-years from the galactic core. Interstellar Probe, a mission concept for NASA, aims to travel 93 billion miles past the sun 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z Crew members aboard a transport vessel get caught in a deadly conflict in the wake of a galactic war. TV Listings: Here are the feature and TV Films airing the week of July 28 - Aug. 3, 2019 2019-07-26T04:00:00Z He’s rescued by an alien named Ford Prefect, a writer for a galactic encyclopedia called The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Hulu is developing a Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy TV series 2019-07-24T04:00:00Z Subsequent galactic mergers were instrumental in configuring galaxies existing now. Milky Way melded with smaller galaxy in long-ago cosmic crash 2019-07-22T04:00:00Z Fortunately, the modern telescopes — which Colless was using to map dark and ordinary matter in a very large galactic survey — were at Siding Spring Observatory, 600 kilometres away. Explosions, floods and hurricanes: dealing with a lab disaster 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z July’s theme, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the U.S. moon landing, included recipes for galactic pancakes, meteor meatballs and planetary pasta salad. Samantha Barnes of Raddish wants to get your kids cooking 2019-07-14T04:00:00Z But since Disney essentially relaunched the Star Wars franchise, it’s emphasized the sense of realism in its stories, especially the cost that would accompany a massive galactic war. Star Wars: Alphabet Squadron is a thrilling examination of the cost of war 2019-07-13T04:00:00Z Throughout the course of the show, the sphere’s original animations will include everything from the tiniest of molecules to immense galactic forms. Eric Prydz is going to DJ inside a giant glowing sphere — here’s how it was made 2019-07-09T04:00:00Z Early on we decided that this was the capper on a deep, personal, emotional level after the big, galactic events of ‘Endgame.’ Spider-Man team spills secrets of ‘Far From Home’ post-credits scenes and Marvel’s future 2019-07-07T04:00:00Z Here in this isolated corner of the Milky Way, our Earth-bound human lives might seem tiny and parochial on a galactic scale. Astronomers Are Baffled by the Most Bizarre Star Yet 2019-07-03T04:00:00Z But the theme park announced that other crowd-control measures might be deployed next week to keep the 14-acre land from becoming a crush of people of galactic proportions. California Inc.: Tech giants aim not to repeat Microsoft’s antitrust mistakes 2019-06-24T04:00:00Z But the theme park announced Wednesday that other crowd-control measures might be deployed next week to keep the 14-acre land from becoming a crush of people of galactic proportions. Want to see Star Wars land after Disneyland’s reservation requirement ends? Here’s how 2019-06-19T04:00:00Z Cosmologists can probe this force through galactic clusters, whose distribution encodes the structure and history of the Universe. New Space Telescope Will Map the Universe in High-energy X-rays 2019-06-17T04:00:00Z Even Tiger Woods, who set the record for galactic dominance with his 15-shot U.S. To win one of golf’s majors, you better have a good story to tell 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z Cosmologists can probe this force through galactic clusters, whose distrbution can encodes the structure and history of the Universe. Space telescope to chart first map of the Universe in high-energy X-rays 2019-06-10T04:00:00Z Though harder to collect, the higher energy photons are particularly useful for seeing the supermassive black holes at galactic centers, because they pierce the clouds of gas and dust that shroud them. Telescope designed to study mysterious dark energy keeps Russia’s space science hopes alive 2019-06-10T04:00:00Z Despite the presence of these so-called galactic nuclei in the middle of most galaxies—supermassive black holes remain a cosmic mystery. Cool Gas Circles Milky Way's Supermassive Black Hole 2019-06-05T04:00:00Z A clearer picture of our galactic neighbors began to emerge back in 1938, when Harvard astronomer Harlow Shapley inadvertently took the first step toward demolishing the notion that the Milky Way is an average galaxy. The Mighty Milky Way 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z They are not as energetic as the galactic cosmic rays, but they come in a flash flood. Scientists tackle a burning question: When will our quiet sun turn violent? 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z For instance, some of the supermassive black holes at galactic centres become extremely bright when they devour matter at a high rate, and then go back to relative quiescence. Space telescope to chart first map of the Universe in high-energy X-rays 2019-06-10T04:00:00Z This suggests that these cataclysmic events play a major role in supplying some of the heaviest elements to our galactic landscape. Gravitational Waves, Nuclear Fire, Rocks and Love 2019-05-05T04:00:00Z Astronauts aboard the ISS are still somewhat protected from cosmic rays by the Earth’s magnetic shield; a Mars mission would expose them to galactic radiation at much higher levels, Lee says. Tests on Astronaut and Twin Brother Highlight Spaceflight's Human Impact 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z Both are among our closest galactic neighbors—so close, in fact, that they orbit the Milky Way, just as moons orbit a planet, making them satellite galaxies of our own. The Mighty Milky Way 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z The weakened field rebuffs fewer galactic cosmic rays, high energy particles that can flip bits in satellite electronics. Scientists tackle a burning question: When will our quiet sun turn violent? 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z SRG will map a cosmic web of about 100,000 galactic clusters by detecting the X-ray glow from their intergalactic plasma and from the plasma filaments that join them. Space telescope to chart first map of the Universe in high-energy X-rays 2019-06-10T04:00:00Z For instance, in very active galactic nuclei and quasars the accretion flow is very important and the disk is probably thick. Here’s what scientists think a black hole looks like 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z Countless 1950s science fiction stories postulated galactic empires with Eisenhower-era social arrangements, complete with heroes still puffing away on cigarettes. Science Fiction: The Cloudy Crystal Ball 2019-04-02T04:00:00Z A dwarf spheroidal flagged in 1990 in the constellation Sextans was such a galactic underdog it took a computer to spot it. The Mighty Milky Way 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z I think our situation may be rather special, on a planetary or even galactic scale. Atheism Is Inconsistent with the Scientific Method, Prize-Winning Physicist Says 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z It’s big on characters and their bonds; it’s about self-discovery and heroism, responsibility and galactic turmoil. Michael Moreci on writing a Star Wars-but-not-Star Wars adventure 2019-03-03T05:00:00Z Raddi’s team also estimates there are many similar supernova survivors lurking within the galactic neighborhood—perhaps 20 of which should be visible by the time Gaia’s final data set is released. Zombie Stars Shine on after Mystery Detonations 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z Researchers already invoke dark matter to explain galactic motion and dark energy to account for the universe’s accelerating expansion. Have We Mismeasured the Universe? 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z Just as every planet revolves around the sun in an elliptical orbit, so every Milky Way satellite revolves around the galactic center in an elliptical orbit. The Mighty Milky Way 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z Scientists in Australia and China created the galactic map by measuring the distances to more than 1,300 large, pulsating stars that together reveal the true shape of the Milky Way. Milky Way is warped and twisted, not flat 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z Occasionally, one cluster may pass too close to another cluster and send it falling toward the galactic center. New Star Maps Shed Light on Milky Way's Convulsive History 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z Now, being recognized as a galactic pioneer is once again part of China’s national ambitions. China’s space journey, to the moon’s far side and beyond 2019-01-04T05:00:00Z Earth's thick atmosphere and strong magnetic field provide adequate shielding against galactic cosmic rays and energetic charged particles travelling from the Sun. What does China want to do on the Moon's far side? 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z The halo of stars that surrounds its galactic disc contains far fewer stars than comparable galaxies. Nearby galaxy set to collide with Milky Way, say scientists 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z “Space opera” is the catch-all term for the type of science fiction novels set in big galactic empires or following starships as they work their way across space. Our favorite science fiction and fantasy books of 2018 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z Because it was found using Gaia data, he nicknamed this hefty galactic interloper the Gaia Sausage. New Star Maps Shed Light on Milky Way's Convulsive History 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z It’s both block-by-block local and galactic in scope, atomically familiar and extraterrestrial. Amid the accolades, Kendrick Lamar refuses to compromise his vision, keeping it homegrown 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z This allows the spacecraft to sense a different kind of charged particle, called galactic cosmic rays. The Voyager 2 spacecraft has escaped the sun’s bubble 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z |
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