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Mississippi physicist creates neutron star reaction in lab

April 20, 2026 by admin

For years, physicists have wondered if one unstable form of copper might act like a traffic jam in the universe’s most violent explosions. This question is important because these explosions, called Type IX-ray bursts, are part of the cosmic machinery that helps build heavier elements. In the early universe, hydrogen and helium were dominant. Much … Read more

One of the largest stars in the universe just changed color and astronomers think it’s about to explode

April 20, 2026 by admin

Bright solar nucleus with fiery plasma and solar flares in space.

Credit: ESO/L. Calçada, CC BY One of the largest known stars in the universe underwent a dramatic change in 2014 and may be preparing to explode, a new study has revealed. A study published today in Nature Astronomy and led by Gonzalo Muñoz Sánchez of the National Observatory of Athens claims that the giant star … Read more

NASA’s Hubble shines on young stars in the Trifid Nebula – NASA Science

April 20, 2026 by admin

$Hubble's view of the vast star-forming region known as the Trifid Nebula. The upper left is bright blue. Brown and amber draw irregularly overlapping lines from the top right through the center and flow down to the bottom center. The bottom right corner is almost completely dark. Small amber stars appear throughout the scene. On the left side, a brown shape stands out that looks like a head with two horns. The left corner points to the left and is wavy. The right corner is triangular and points upwards. The brown dust flows down the back and continues toward the upper right. A pronounced line appears below the center of the body, approximately the same length as the left horn, changing from orange to red. On the left side of the head there is a separate small translucent column. You can see some slightly larger blue foreground stars with four diffraction spikes.$

This shimmering region of star formation is a close-up of the Trifid Nebula, about 5,000 light-years from Earth, captured in intricate detail by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. The colors in Hubble’s visible-light image, which marks the 36th anniversary of the mission’s launch on April 24, are reminiscent of an underwater scene filled with fine-grained sediment … Read more

Why don’t we see stars in photos of space? NASA’s explanation is simpler than you think, and the photos from Artemis II prove it.

April 20, 2026 by admin

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What traits have you classified as “undesirable habits”? They may actually be hidden, subtle strengths. Please think and pause before responding. We want to understand the “why” before we say “yes.” The room begins to spin as you replay the conversation over and over in your head. In a culture that values instantaneous reactions, being … Read more