Webb captures iconic Horsehead Nebula in unprecedented detail
The image is more than half-filled by a small section of the Horsehead Nebula, from the bottom up. The clouds are seen up close, showing thick, whitish streaks and dark…
The image is more than half-filled by a small section of the Horsehead Nebula, from the bottom up. The clouds are seen up close, showing thick, whitish streaks and dark…
Artist’s impression of the large-scale view of FU~Ori. The image shows the outflows produced by the interaction between strong stellar winds powered by the outburst and the remnant envelope from…
Radio and millimeter light curves of ASASSN-19bt. Credit: Christy et al., 2024. An international team of astronomers has conducted detailed radio and X-ray observations of a tidal disruption event (TDE)…
Fluorescence microscopy photo of the laser-activated microdroplets developed by NTU Singapore-led researchers. Credit: NTU Singapore A team of researchers led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has created tiny…
Credit: Cell Reports Physical Science (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.xcrp.2024.101827 Biochemists have long been working around a blind spot when it comes to proteins. They know that hydrogen constitutes nearly half of…
Electrosynthesis routes analysis. Credit: Zhang’s group Chinese scientists have recently achieved the direct synthesis of high-purity benzaldehyde chemicals from the selective electrooxidation of benzyl alcohol. The organic-solid-water (OSW) three-phase reaction…
Credit: Angewandte Chemie International Edition (2024). DOI: 10.1002/anie.202403492 A research team led by the late Professor Liang Haojun from the Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale of…
Schematic of tidal dissipation due to wave conversion. Credit: The Astrophysical Journal Letters (2024). DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/ad3c40 A new study led by researchers at Durham University has uncovered a novel mechanism…
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Over the last 25 years, the ozone hole which forming over Antarctica each spring has started to shrink. But over the last four years, even as…
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The impact of human activities—such as greenhouse gas emissions and deforestation—on Earth’s surface have been well-studied. Now, hydrology researchers from the University of Arizona have investigated…