Spiral Pattern Provides New Clues Into How High-Mass Stars Form
Recent observations have uncovered a spiral pattern in the material disk surrounding a young, high-mass protostar, suggesting the presence of gravitational instability within the disk….
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Seemingly “Defying the Laws of Physics” – Distinguishing Between Right and Left With Magnets
Electron spins reflect chiral molecules without the mirror. The control of the chirality of molecules and crystals is crucial in various areas of research such…
Earth-Like Exoplanets May Be More Common Than Previously Thought
A day at the beach for life on other planets. According to new simulations, fully Earth-like exoplanets with oceans and continents, as well as beaches…
World’s Fastest 2-Qubit Gate: Breakthrough for the Realization of Ultrafast Quantum Computers
A research team succeeded in executing the world’s fastest two-qubit gate (a fundamental arithmetic element essential for quantum computing) using a completely new method of…
High-Speed Moving Fusion Plasma Turbulence Discovered for the First Time in the World
New insights into understanding turbulence in fusion plasmas. In order to achieve fusion in a power plant, it is necessary to stably confine a plasma…
Shedding Light on Sperm Development Failure Caused by Testicular Warming
Testicles of most mammals are cooled in the scrotum, and elevated testicular temperatures lead to spermatogenesis failure and male infertility. A team of researchers led…
What Drives the Circadian Rhythms: Unlocking Complex Workings of the Biological Clock
Research team reveals what drives the circadian rhythms in cyanobacteria. Scientists want to increase their understanding of circadian rhythms, those internal 24-hour biological clock cycles…
New Supercomputer Simulations Provide Clue to Missing Planets Mystery
Forming planets are one possible explanation for the rings and gaps observed in disks of gas and dust around young stars. But this theory has…
Using Sunlight to Acquire Energy: A Genome of Photosynthetic Animals Decoded
Genome analysis reveals chloroplast acquisition without gene transfer in photosynthetic sea slugs. Plants, algae, and some bacteria are able to perform photosynthesis, which is the…
Astronomers Use Artificial Intelligence to Reveal the Actual Shape of the Universe
Japanese astronomers have developed a new artificial intelligence (AI) technique to remove noise in astronomical data due to random variations in galaxy shapes. After extensive…
ALMA Peers Back 12.4 Billion Years and Discovers the Most Ancient Galaxy of Its Kind Ever Observed
Analyzing data obtained with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), researchers found a galaxy with a spiral morphology only 1.4 billion years after the Big…
Unknown Physics on the Cosmic Scale? 1000 Supernova Explosions Chart the Expansion History of the Universe
An international research team analyzed a database of more than 1000 supernova explosions and found that models for the expansion of the Universe best match…
Surprise Twist Suggests Stars Grow Competitively – Unprecedented High-Resolution Map of the Orion Nebula Cluster
A survey of star formation activity in the Orion Nebula Cluster found similar mass distributions for newborn stars and dense gas cores, which may evolve…
A New Window to See Unexplored Hidden Side of Magnetized Universe
New observations and simulations show that jets of high-energy particles emitted from the central massive black hole in the brightest galaxy in galaxy clusters can…
Exploring Comet Thermal History: Observing a Burnt-Out Comet Covered With Talcum Powder
The world’s first ground-based observations of the bare nucleus of a comet nearing the end of its active life revealed that the nucleus has a…
Natural Cosmic Telescope Helps ALMA Discover Rotating Infant Galaxy
Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), astronomers found a rotating baby galaxy 1/100th the size of the Milky Way at a time when the…
Astronomers Spot Stellar Eggs Near Center of the Milky Way Hatching Into Baby Stars
Astronomers found a number of stellar eggs containing baby stars around the center of the Milky Way using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA). Previous…
Sounding Rocket CLASP2 Helps Create Unprecedented Map of the Solar Magnetic Field
Cooperative operations between a solar observation satellite and a sounding-rocket telescope have measured the magnetic field strength in the photosphere and chromosphere above an active…
