Last year, the astronomical community received a surprising surprise. For the first time, the world collectively looked at the real image of the shadow of a black hole. It was the culmination of years of work, a glorious achievement in both human collaboration and technological ingenuity. And, like the best …
Read More »New high-rise images of the sun show how creepy sunspots look in closeup
One of the world’s most powerful solar observatories has recently completed a major upgrade. And now, the Gregor Solar Telescope in Spain has taken some extremely high-resolution images of our sun obtained in Europe. In the new images upgraded by the telescope, between rowing activity on the surface of the …
Read More »WHO cautions on COVID-19 plasma as US issues emergency authorization
(Reuters) – The World Health Organization on Monday was cautious about supporting the use of recovered plasma from COVID-19 patients to treat people who are ill, saying that evidence that it works remains “low quality”, even if the United States emergency authorization for such issued therapies. PHILO PHOTO: Convalescent plasma …
Read More »Physicists just showed how to overcome a huge hurdle to fusion generator efficiency
The energy generated by nuclear fusion has great potential as a clean and almost limitless source of energy, but many obstacles must be overcome before it becomes a practical reality, and scientists may have escaped from another. New models of an unwanted fusion phenomenon called ‘chirping’, where vital heat can …
Read More »Juno delivers the first images of the North Pole of Ganymede, where it rains plasma
It has been orbiting and observing Jupiter and its moons for four years, but the scientific spacecraft Juno still has some surprises to share. For the first time, he has photographed the north pole of one of the strangest objects in the Solar System, Jupiter Ganymede’s moon. There, the constant …
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