tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-972356797962009862024-02-18T23:13:39.569-08:00Physics-Astronomy.orgYour daily dose of science Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-97235679796200986.post-29096063145264111332024-01-10T04:08:00.000-08:002024-01-10T04:08:15.461-08:00Oldest Known Spiral Galaxy Seen With Pond-Like Ripples in Astronomical First<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioUmqmXLuOjTaZHK_ftfNezK9B0XPUdFwZGgcSt9tPabyL26__oFggO55vG39g1-YXWTKJvRlJMrUcammS90zcexsvLHu-MJXsIpl92poHovg0KH28SVk9vdI6QdoHBaO1mVVVnG-UIWtUUVvIAIrShNrxy8UOnOWlyW3xSL6ey_tcqPOr6Qn6OIZo4E_K/s999/15601151568438225076.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="545" data-original-width="999" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioUmqmXLuOjTaZHK_ftfNezK9B0XPUdFwZGgcSt9tPabyL26__oFggO55vG39g1-YXWTKJvRlJMrUcammS90zcexsvLHu-MJXsIpl92poHovg0KH28SVk9vdI6QdoHBaO1mVVVnG-UIWtUUVvIAIrShNrxy8UOnOWlyW3xSL6ey_tcqPOr6Qn6OIZo4E_K/w640-h350/15601151568438225076.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #374151; font-family: Söhne, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Astronomers have uncovered intriguing pond-like ripples spanning the gaseous disk of a time-honored galaxy. The enigma surrounding these undulations beckons us to explore the profound implications for the formation and evolution of this distant galactic entity, particularly in the context of its primary role: the prolific generation of stars.</span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: #374151; font-family: Söhne, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 16px; margin: 1.25em 0px; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;">The focus of this revelation is the archaic spiral galaxy known as BRI 1335-0417, which stands as the oldest recognized spiral galaxy, boasting an age exceeding 12 billion years. Positioned at the forefront of our investigations into galactic genesis and progression, BRI 1335-0417 holds pivotal significance.</p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: #374151; font-family: Söhne, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 16px; margin: 1.25em 0px; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;">In accordance with scientific analyses, the observed ripples in the disk of BRI 1335-0417 unveil intricate patterns of the galaxy's developmental trajectory. The discerned oscillations in the disk mimic the undulating waves of a pond, a phenomenon hitherto unseen and potentially pivotal in unraveling the enigma of star formation within the galaxy.</p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: #374151; font-family: Söhne, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 16px; margin: 1.25em 0px; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;">This groundbreaking observation is chronicled in the research article titled "Detecting a disc bending wave in a barred-spiral galaxy at redshift 4.4," authored by Dr. Takafumi Tsukui, a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics (RSAA) at the Australian National University, and published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.</p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: #374151; font-family: Söhne, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 16px; margin: 1.25em 0px; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;">Renowned for its remarkable star formation rate, BRI 1335-0417 exhibits a propensity for generating stars at an unparalleled pace, eclipsing contemporary galaxies such as the Milky Way. Measurements suggest that it engenders stars hundreds of times more expeditiously than our own galaxy. The efficiency of gas transformation into stars within this galaxy surpasses the norm.</p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: #374151; font-family: Söhne, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 16px; margin: 1.25em 0px; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;">The elucidation of these ripples emanates from observations conducted using the Atacama Large Millimetre/submillimetre Array (ALMA), renowned for its prowess in scrutinizing gas and dust. Scientists posit that the ripples are indicative of external influences, such as interactions with neighboring galaxies or the influx of extragalactic gas. Such influences are postulated to act as catalysts for accelerated star formation, offering insights into the exceptional star-forming proclivities of BRI 1335-0417.</p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: #374151; font-family: Söhne, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 16px; margin: 1.25em 0px; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;">ALMA's discernment extends beyond the ripples, unveiling evidence of a central bar within the galaxy. Bars, commonplace in spiral galaxies, play a pivotal role in steering gas towards the galactic center, fostering star birth. The discovery challenges conventional wisdom as bars are typically considered a later-stage phenomenon in galactic evolution. The identified bar, spanning 3.3 +/- 0.2 kiloparsecs, accentuates the galaxy's dynamic evolution, channeling gas towards the nucleus.</p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: #374151; font-family: Söhne, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 16px; margin: 1.25em 0px; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;">This revelation prompts a reevaluation of established notions about galactic evolution, proposing an alternative mechanism for early bar formation in gas-rich galaxies. The proposed model suggests a gravitationally unstable gas-rich disk as the progenitor of a star-forming gaseous bar, challenging the conventional understanding of bar formation.</p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: #374151; font-family: Söhne, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 16px; margin: 1.25em 0px; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;">The detection of these ripples and the unprecedented early-stage bar formation in BRI 1335-0417 compels a reconsideration of the stability of gas disks in ancient galaxies. The observable disruptions suggest recent perturbations, possibly arising from interactions with neighboring galaxies or massive gas clouds, providing a new lens through which astronomers can scrutinize the intricacies of galactic formation and evolution.</p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: #374151; font-family: Söhne, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 16px; margin: 1.25em 0px 0px; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;">While affirming the prevailing understanding that galaxies evolve through mergers with other galaxies and massive gas clouds, these findings present an additional facet to our comprehension of this cosmic dance. The conspicuous ripples offer astronomers a fresh perspective, shedding light on the intricate interplay of forces shaping the cosmic narrative of BRI 1335-0417.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-97235679796200986.post-14848191594090263142024-01-10T03:58:00.000-08:002024-01-10T03:58:26.143-08:00Most Precise Measure of Dark Energy Confirms Universe Won't Tear Apart<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHtMPA31bHvQc_lilaOQZKfJeKqS5xO9QwO_Z2mdox870qALaejyjRbZ6TaLmsnT0zD-0lhyphenhypheni-sOX3uqMtLTrQy1B9K2OErN6YHjC57uQ3qtZ6GwQgy7MTfbbzkSRt7XHHqhDentunSALdOHOlKDugOq585ybmz3b6XluibS6fI3TKeLhIqYzY-6TQxAfp/s1001/16214535386975049576.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="551" data-original-width="1001" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHtMPA31bHvQc_lilaOQZKfJeKqS5xO9QwO_Z2mdox870qALaejyjRbZ6TaLmsnT0zD-0lhyphenhypheni-sOX3uqMtLTrQy1B9K2OErN6YHjC57uQ3qtZ6GwQgy7MTfbbzkSRt7XHHqhDentunSALdOHOlKDugOq585ybmz3b6XluibS6fI3TKeLhIqYzY-6TQxAfp/w640-h352/16214535386975049576.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: #374151; font-family: Söhne, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; white-space: pre-wrap;">More than a decade ago, the Dark Energy Survey (DES) embarked on a mission to map the vast expanse of the Universe, seeking clues that could unravel the enigma of dark energy. The conclusive DES measurement, a collaborative effort involving over 100 scientists, has recently been unveiled at the 243rd American Astronomical Society meeting in New Orleans.</p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: #374151; font-family: Söhne, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 16px; margin: 1.25em 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dark energy, comprising nearly 70 percent of the observable Universe, remains an elusive puzzle. While its inherent nature remains shrouded in mystery, its profound impact manifests on a cosmic scale by propelling the Universe into an accelerated expansion.</p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: #374151; font-family: Söhne, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 16px; margin: 1.25em 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">The recent announcement in New Orleans marks a crucial step towards unraveling the mysteries of dark energy. It provides an opportunity to scrutinize our observations against the concept of the cosmological constant, initially proposed by Albert Einstein in 1917. Einstein introduced this idea as a means to counterbalance gravity's effects in his equations, aiming for a static Universe. However, he later discarded it when confronted with evidence of the Universe's expanding nature.</p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: #374151; font-family: Söhne, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 16px; margin: 1.25em 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Subsequently, cosmologists uncovered that not only was the Universe expanding, but the expansion was accelerating—a phenomenon attributed to the mysterious force termed dark energy. Einstein's cosmological constant, if assigned a positive value, could potentially explain the perplexing nature of dark energy, aligning with the Universe's accelerating expansion.</p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: #374151; font-family: Söhne, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 16px; margin: 1.25em 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">The DES results represent the culmination of decades of global research, offering one of the most precise measurements to date of a critical parameter known as "w," denoting the "equation of state" of dark energy. Since the revelation of dark energy in 1998, determining the equation of state has been a fundamental pursuit.</p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: #374151; font-family: Söhne, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 16px; margin: 1.25em 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">This equation of state signifies the ratio of pressure to energy density for a substance, a fundamental descriptor for all entities in the Universe. It serves as the initial step toward comprehending the true essence of dark energy.</p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: #374151; font-family: Söhne, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 16px; margin: 1.25em 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">The prevailing theoretical expectation for w is precisely minus one (w=-1), assuming dark energy aligns with Einstein's cosmological constant. A value of minus one indicates that as dark energy's energy density intensifies, negative pressure surges, resulting in repulsion—essentially, matter pushing against matter and contributing to the Universe's perpetual, accelerating expansion. Although this concept may seem counterintuitive based on our terrestrial experiences, it forms the foundation of our understanding of the cosmos.</p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: #374151; font-family: Söhne, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 16px; margin: 1.25em 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">The DES study leverages Type Ia supernovae as a direct probe into the Universe's expansion history. These stellar explosions act as cosmic yardsticks, enabling scientists to measure vast distances within the Universe. The DES team's innovative techniques, coupled with a significantly expanded dataset, yield one of the most precise measurements of w to date, revealing a value of -0.8.</p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: #374151; font-family: Söhne, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 16px; margin: 1.25em 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">While not precisely the anticipated minus one, this deviation suggests that dark energy may not conform to the cosmological constant. However, the measurement's uncertainty leaves a 5 percent chance of aligning with the predicted value, akin to odds of 20 to 1. Although this level of uncertainty does not provide a conclusive answer, it marks a promising beginning in our quest for understanding.</p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: #374151; font-family: Söhne, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 16px; margin: 1.25em 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">In contrast, the discovery of the Higgs Boson particle in 2012 at the Large Hadron Collider required astronomical odds of a million to one chance of being wrong.</p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: #374151; font-family: Söhne, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 16px; margin: 1.25em 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">This measurement may signify a departure from "Big Rip" models, characterized by equations of state more negative than one. In such scenarios, the Universe would perpetually expand at an accelerating pace, eventually tearing galaxies, planetary systems, and even space-time apart—a scenario now seemingly less likely.</p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; color: #374151; font-family: Söhne, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 16px; margin: 1.25em 0px 0px; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;">As is customary in scientific pursuits, the thirst for more data persists, with plans already underway for further investigations. The DES findings suggest that the newly developed techniques hold promise for future supernova experiments, particularly with the European Space Agency's Euclid mission (launched in July 2023) and the forthcoming Vera Rubin Observatory in Chile. The latter, upon completion, is poised to utilize its telescope to capture the initial image of the sky, providing a glimpse into its capabilities and paving the way for thousands more supernovae discoveries. These next-generation telescopes hold the potential to furnish additional measurements of the equation of state, shedding even more light on the elusive nature of dark energy.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-97235679796200986.post-50669503733945937032024-01-10T03:52:00.000-08:002024-01-10T03:52:50.001-08:00It's Official: NASA Has Pushed Back Its Return to The Moon<p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; white-space: pre-wrap;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvNGRWpx7Ymd6dCR_ZrhBDQH1t_VfIeeUvMAkch-6uPxkOK3aLK1beEdIyTB7B_SoSrBQy2pvhKeYO_TJS8PCz5Chet6hyphenhyphen8AGOm-smVI6yKTDU0MfnOnt5NK2c8fLM-NslIfidSTwKARrfszHMj86uvO5XUiJAFQ5dz2ZuixJvsDvOhuXmcW0vPvYFd42u/s1007/13223818835465598596.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="545" data-original-width="1007" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvNGRWpx7Ymd6dCR_ZrhBDQH1t_VfIeeUvMAkch-6uPxkOK3aLK1beEdIyTB7B_SoSrBQy2pvhKeYO_TJS8PCz5Chet6hyphenhyphen8AGOm-smVI6yKTDU0MfnOnt5NK2c8fLM-NslIfidSTwKARrfszHMj86uvO5XUiJAFQ5dz2ZuixJvsDvOhuXmcW0vPvYFd42u/w640-h346/13223818835465598596.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">NASA Administrator Bill Nelson announced on Tuesday that the United States is postponing the planned return of astronauts to the Moon's surface from 2025 to 2026 due to technical challenges and delays. The Artemis program, named after the sister of Apollo in Greek mythology, was introduced in 2017 with the goal of establishing a sustained presence on the Moon and applying the knowledge gained for future missions to Mars.</span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; margin: 1.25em 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Artemis 1, the program's inaugural mission, faced multiple delays before its uncrewed test flight to the Moon and back finally took place in 2022. Artemis 2, which involves a crew but no lunar landing, has now been rescheduled from later this year to September 2025. The third mission, Artemis 3, where the first woman and the first person of color are set to step onto lunar soil at the Moon's south pole, is now planned for September 2026.</span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; margin: 1.25em 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Nelson emphasized that safety is the top priority, and the decision to delay is intended to provide the Artemis teams with more time to address the existing challenges. NASA's plans also include the construction of a lunar space station named Gateway, where spacecraft will dock during subsequent missions.</span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; margin: 1.25em 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">SpaceX, led by Elon Musk, has secured the contract for the landing system for Artemis 3, based on a version of its prototype Starship rocket. However, the Starship rocket is not yet ready, with both of its orbital tests ending in explosions. These delays have a cascading effect, affecting the development of spacesuits and simulators needed for astronaut training.</span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; margin: 1.25em 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Artemis 1 mission revealed technical issues, including unexpected erosion of the heat shield on the Orion crew capsule and more damage to the ground structure used to launch the giant SLS rocket than initially anticipated.</span></p><p style="--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-ring-color: rgba(69,89,164,0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; border: 0px solid rgb(217, 217, 227); box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; margin: 1.25em 0px 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">As of March 2023, NASA has committed approximately $40 billion to support the Artemis program, according to a watchdog report. A notable difference from the 20th-century Apollo missions is the increased involvement of commercial partnerships in the Artemis era, aligning with NASA's broader strategy to engage private companies in space exploration to reduce costs and enhance accessibility to space.</span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-97235679796200986.post-51522980285103307172023-03-12T08:35:00.003-07:002023-03-12T08:35:55.843-07:00This Is Huge: China grew a plant on the moon — it sprouted two leaves<p> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: large; text-align: justify;">China made history by landing its Change-4 spacecraft on the moon's far side. The mission was also the first to experiment with growing plants on the moon, and it transported a mini-biosphere dubbed the Lunar Micro Ecosystem to the lunar surface (LME). </span></p><div class="separator" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhYzR8T69ijqopwdVUwqQp5PvW9pkWA_wKwVhloIneTKwGpt_O2u5PA8m3N49CIHR7umY21dbmz5tHVRBBLF9Dj2w0SaQD-ha1s9fLTEJbUP5VAo_PYixpBNVe7Ss-_NPTA4q8N9MuZClWtpvsThlE-Z3quYc8El92LlrC2UnKqCaecUmKk2cNpmWlsHg=s830" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; 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border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;">[This is an updated version of previous article]</span></span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Except for the microgravity and cosmic radiation, the circumstances inside this compact, cylindrical biosphere were comparable to those on Earth. The LME included potato seeds, cotton seeds, rapeseeds, yeast and Arabidopsis thaliana, a common weed.</span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Except for the cotton, all of them perished shortly back in 2019. A new 3D reconstruction indicates that the cotton plant sprouted two leaves before dying to frigid conditions after roughly two weeks. The findings indicate that the experiment was somewhat more effective than previously thought.</span></p><div class="google-auto-placed ap_container" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; height: auto; margin: 25px 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline; width: 605px;"><ins class="adsbygoogle adsbygoogle-noablate" data-ad-client="ca-pub-2375157903127664" data-ad-format="auto" data-ad-status="unfilled" data-adsbygoogle-status="done" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 0px; margin: auto; outline: none; padding: 0px; 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background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: 0px; left: 0px; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; outline: none; padding: 0px; position: absolute; text-align: justify; top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 605px;" vspace="0" width="605"></iframe></span></div></ins></div><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">If NASA or other space organizations want to conduct long-term missions, they must learn how to consistently cultivate plants in space.</span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">“Simply packing some multi-vitamins will not be enough to keep astronauts healthy as they explore deep space,” NASA wrote in April. “They will need fresh produce.”</span></p><div class="google-auto-placed ap_container" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; height: auto; margin: 25px 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline; width: 605px;"><ins class="adsbygoogle adsbygoogle-noablate" data-ad-client="ca-pub-2375157903127664" data-ad-format="auto" data-ad-status="unfilled" data-adsbygoogle-status="done" style="background-attachment: initial; 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background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: 0px; left: 0px; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; outline: none; padding: 0px; position: absolute; text-align: justify; top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 605px;" vspace="0" width="605"></iframe></span></div></ins></div><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Why? Some factors are logistical in nature. Nutrients in supplements and prepared meals, for example, may degrade with time, and radiation may hasten this process. As a result, producing fresh vegetables would provide astronauts with more nutrients, as well as better-tasting meals. Also, if astronauts could grow plants aboard spacecraft, they wouldn't need to bring as much prepared food with them.</span></p><div class="google-auto-placed ap_container" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; height: auto; margin: 25px 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline; width: 605px;"><ins class="adsbygoogle adsbygoogle-noablate" data-ad-client="ca-pub-2375157903127664" data-ad-format="auto" data-ad-status="unfilled" data-adsbygoogle-status="done" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 0px; margin: auto; outline: none; 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background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: 0px; left: 0px; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; outline: none; padding: 0px; position: absolute; text-align: justify; top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 605px;" vspace="0" width="605"></iframe></span></div></ins></div><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">However, there are psychological advantages to growing plants in space.</span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">“We already know from our pioneering astronauts that fresh flowers and gardens on the International Space Station create a beautiful atmosphere and let us take a little piece of Earth with us on our journeys,” NASA wrote. “They’re good for our psychological well-being on Earth and in space.”</span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">NASA is also concerned about making astronaut meals in space a pleasurable experience. For example, on previous trips, the agency prepared comfort food and holiday dinners, and it performed a study on astronauts' preferences for group vs solitary eating, as well as whether they benefit from making their own food. Other academics are investigating how astronauts' emotional requirements might be met by space-eatingeating, as well as how to mitigate space-travel-specific phenomena such as loss of smell.</span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">“At the end of the day, we’re not worried about the muscle cells,” NASA nutritionist Scott Smith told Eater. “We’re worried about the human.”</span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 25px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;">Reference(s):<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/china-change-4-plants/" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Source</a></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-97235679796200986.post-58568634416385921722022-10-31T08:22:00.004-07:002022-10-31T08:22:39.022-07:00Scientists Just Took an Actual Picture of a Planet in Another Star System<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGLTrow5roaJ-DDZUYvHWe5MKDl9n1TzeMG0exxpyvNNltpYkYzw84wL-42ZY3HlvukkMyqv3Uqma07r0mNpy6d4dPo9ColRL0gwqXUpHP1LyCfBANLe0hz6vjOhn0absgkE3n_iZgP6KzgHHfOdU4N6WBRkYTB3eZjc45GUgejq1xqUAJS8DOJsUD6w/s990/6033908391166369220.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="585" data-original-width="990" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGLTrow5roaJ-DDZUYvHWe5MKDl9n1TzeMG0exxpyvNNltpYkYzw84wL-42ZY3HlvukkMyqv3Uqma07r0mNpy6d4dPo9ColRL0gwqXUpHP1LyCfBANLe0hz6vjOhn0absgkE3n_iZgP6KzgHHfOdU4N6WBRkYTB3eZjc45GUgejq1xqUAJS8DOJsUD6w/w640-h378/6033908391166369220.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4840348800521327"
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</script><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The planet, known as "<span style="box-sizing: border-box;">b Pictoris c</span>," is located roughly 63 light-years from Earth in the Beta Pictoris system. Using the additional brightness and dynamic mass data obtained from imaging it, they are aiming to narrow down how it arose.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Scientists discovered the planet's existence by observing the impact it had on the orbit of its parent star. Because of how closely it orbits its star, it is impossible to picture the planet alone.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The researchers utilised a technique known as the "<span style="box-sizing: border-box;">radial velocity method</span>," which has been used for years to discover hundreds of exoplanets but has never been used to directly evaluate exoplanets.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The team was able to pinpoint the position with incredible clarity using data from the four telescopes of the VLT, and they were also able to take a photograph of it. This was the first time an exoplanet could be verified using both the "<span style="box-sizing: border-box;">radial velocity approach</span>" and direct imaging.</span></p><div class="separator" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRc_zEEnWn_bCRKSvL-qGOgAspuRkjcNmnn93DLFJSIPX-D2ppesLyrOkrgv0sfUYnEQquO9Q8AmVEW9wc93rdiK8hQKCFTjJNaB-lrPbYlzLyeydEx4KSQhz2YFGetUKD7aqzNB5fA_KNZsNjEzGVVcc20BqylaKB4vvPxUzXH4cHmfMp7CSHaqgL/s698/4-astronomersr.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="230" data-original-width="698" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRc_zEEnWn_bCRKSvL-qGOgAspuRkjcNmnn93DLFJSIPX-D2ppesLyrOkrgv0sfUYnEQquO9Q8AmVEW9wc93rdiK8hQKCFTjJNaB-lrPbYlzLyeydEx4KSQhz2YFGetUKD7aqzNB5fA_KNZsNjEzGVVcc20BqylaKB4vvPxUzXH4cHmfMp7CSHaqgL/w640-h210/4-astronomersr.jpg" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 1em; max-width: 100%; position: relative; vertical-align: middle;" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">The newly imaged Beta Pictoris c alongside Beta Pictoris b.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">According to Mathias Nowak, principal author of the article that was recently published in the journal Astronomy and Astrophysics, "this implies we can now obtain both the brightness and the mass of this exoplanet." The more large a planet is, the more brilliant it is typically.</span></span></p><script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4840348800521327"
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</script><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The scientists will need to wait until there is enough radial velocity data to make a mass determination. Due to the exoplanet's 28-year orbital period, this may take some time.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">According to a statement from Frank Eisenhauer, the GRAVITY project's chief scientist at the Max Planck Institutes for Astronomy and Extraterrestrial Physics, "It is remarkable what level of detail and sensitivity we can accomplish with GRAVITY."</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">From the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy to planets outside the solar system, we are only beginning to explore magnificent new worlds, he continued.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;">Reference:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://blog.thespaceacademy.org/2022/09/Astronomy%20and%20Astrophysics" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank">Astronomy and Astrophysics</a></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-97235679796200986.post-44051777564123280272022-10-31T08:19:00.002-07:002022-10-31T08:19:10.897-07:0017-Year-Old Student Discovers A New Planet On The Third Day Of Internship At NASA<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0eW5Di29Fy7uaKAlmzOLyJMLHg0H6qNKeGHPtxXMRD8h-oxhqSB1IMqfc0vA0GWeaHcnwdUpFkD2r22dkr1t2KclUKmehR-AyMi36HiuSo0NTrUE_l5bADfegSgFUGkVa46mJ8fRw_cWk2lJLUXW8QjXM3zdwvVUgLS-4k_5CheXwHH_8nvytfuwOxA/s1013/6629752732638002381.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="584" data-original-width="1013" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0eW5Di29Fy7uaKAlmzOLyJMLHg0H6qNKeGHPtxXMRD8h-oxhqSB1IMqfc0vA0GWeaHcnwdUpFkD2r22dkr1t2KclUKmehR-AyMi36HiuSo0NTrUE_l5bADfegSgFUGkVa46mJ8fRw_cWk2lJLUXW8QjXM3zdwvVUgLS-4k_5CheXwHH_8nvytfuwOxA/w640-h368/6629752732638002381.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4840348800521327"
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</script><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">On his third day of work at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, Wolf Cukier, a high school student interning there, found a new planet. His main responsibility when he first joined in the summer of 2019, at the age of 17, was to examine changes in star brightness recorded by NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, or TESS. However, while doing so, he discovered a brand-new planet 1,300 light-years from Earth in an extraordinary star-system.</span></p><div class="separator" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRhqT93hjvaJiKYT_xXezgh7sigwHZ8c0AqYKkBRDc2eCh_B3UXHVsxeh4tpPcrfotrCDkTQYwsdnKFApDmy121AUd700ue7OpqaZdyFLChTBcNh-OLCVEsUzqxnY8-XNkVw989JRWaT8zVzFfZTQFnMQu7mC9V0M1deOW6O6SkTGMx0lieIg8l5Y2/s700/1-6006c730a2cd3__700.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="394" data-original-width="700" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRhqT93hjvaJiKYT_xXezgh7sigwHZ8c0AqYKkBRDc2eCh_B3UXHVsxeh4tpPcrfotrCDkTQYwsdnKFApDmy121AUd700ue7OpqaZdyFLChTBcNh-OLCVEsUzqxnY8-XNkVw989JRWaT8zVzFfZTQFnMQu7mC9V0M1deOW6O6SkTGMx0lieIg8l5Y2/w640-h360/1-6006c730a2cd3__700.jpg" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 1em; max-width: 100%; position: relative; vertical-align: middle;" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Image credits: NASA Goddard</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">“I was looking through the data for everything the volunteers had flagged as an eclipsing binary, a system where two stars circle around each other and, from our view, eclipse each other every orbit,” said Wolf Cukier . “About three days into my internship, I saw a signal from a system called TOI 1338b. At first, I thought it was a stellar</span></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The new planet, TOI 1388b, is TESS's first circumbinary planet, meaning it orbits two stars rather than one. One is 10% more massive than our Sun, while the other is cooler, darker, and barely one-third the mass of the Sun.</span></p><div class="separator" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRCfbGIyNbrlMoQVXJv_vSiqfHGL7J-7pRA4eLAnyh3J0gf45uvN9q4a_4ribDUu63vPTrVdz3MOUrixd3jWCAsyKncKJHicpmkV9HVqPTny7oUmiKBrl-Y0mPa9Rp7wmZQU1TNKcTIv_IUdJTuTqzIoa2RmSzf63zYB_A2ONM4a12CVcO1zp7fW27/s700/5-6006c826b100a__700.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="395" data-original-width="700" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRCfbGIyNbrlMoQVXJv_vSiqfHGL7J-7pRA4eLAnyh3J0gf45uvN9q4a_4ribDUu63vPTrVdz3MOUrixd3jWCAsyKncKJHicpmkV9HVqPTny7oUmiKBrl-Y0mPa9Rp7wmZQU1TNKcTIv_IUdJTuTqzIoa2RmSzf63zYB_A2ONM4a12CVcO1zp7fW27/w640-h362/5-6006c826b100a__700.jpg" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 1em; max-width: 100%; position: relative; vertical-align: middle;" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><div style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span><div class="separator" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijeoPjsEnMfohH-1S6-mFnENa2pN960lx6dlQTmb5g2pb9Y1vI_jOnlgM_t2YY8Xbt-b3Dk7s4g8rFUyt42ggB9lG8i9H5ppR42lgT0gqAGSQGmzohKl1wAGWjMUW38OjdDNBvsbDy0JaQvFcV17actItym5ZGP6riomm00NFLhdkSJpNGwaw2xtn6/s700/10-6006c82e4247b__700.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="395" data-original-width="700" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijeoPjsEnMfohH-1S6-mFnENa2pN960lx6dlQTmb5g2pb9Y1vI_jOnlgM_t2YY8Xbt-b3Dk7s4g8rFUyt42ggB9lG8i9H5ppR42lgT0gqAGSQGmzohKl1wAGWjMUW38OjdDNBvsbDy0JaQvFcV17actItym5ZGP6riomm00NFLhdkSJpNGwaw2xtn6/w640-h362/10-6006c82e4247b__700.jpg" style="border: none; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 1em; max-width: 100%; position: relative; vertical-align: middle;" width="640" /></span></a></div><script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4840348800521327"
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</script><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Image credits: NASA Goddard</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The planet is around 6.9 times the size of Earth, falling somewhere between Neptune and Saturn. Some generated photos of the TOI 1388b planet have been made public. and took the internet by storm The hues of this planet appear to be captivating pastels in these photographs, with bubblegum pink, soft purple, lavender, and light green tints.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">(Updated version of the previous article.)</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">These photos were generated by a bot and do not represent the planet in any way. We still lack telescopes capable of resolving all of the planets in our solar system, let alone exoplanets from other star systems.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;">Reference(s):<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/10/17-year-old-discovers-planet-on-third-day-of-internship-with-nasa.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;" target="_blank"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">CNBC</span></a></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0