By Briley Lewis A diagram of unpolarized light, showing the absence of a uniformly oriented electric field, which is then polarized (eg, an electric field orientation is chosen) by a polarizing filter….
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SpaceX wins two ESA launches as Europe reconfigures rockets
The head of the European Space Agency has confirmed that two ESA science spacecraft will be launched on US rockets. The collapse of space relations between Europe and Russia following Russia’s invasion…
Supernova explosions reveal precise details about dark energy and dark matter
Artist’s impression of two white dwarf stars merging and creating a type Ia supernova. Credit: ESO/L. Calcada An analysis of more than two decades of supernova explosions convincingly bolsters modern cosmological theories…
Supernova explosions reveal precise details about dark energy and dark matter
Artist’s impression of two white dwarf stars merging and creating a type Ia supernova. Credit: ESO/L. Calcada An analysis of more than two decades of supernova explosions convincingly bolsters modern cosmological theories…
JWST captures light-year dust rings around dying binary star
In the 1988 science fiction film They live (now streaming on Peacock!) Humanity is in the midst of a silent alien invasion. Malicious aliens impersonate people and use subliminal messages to control…
After many years of research – the first potential traces of the first stars in the universe discovered
This artist’s impression shows a field of Population III stars as they would have appeared just 100 million years after the Big Bang. Astronomers may have discovered the first signs of their…
After many years of research – the first potential traces of the first stars in the universe discovered
This artist’s impression shows a field of Population III stars as they would have appeared just 100 million years after the Big Bang. Astronomers may have discovered the first signs of their…
Why the gypsy moth epidemic has disappeared in Quebec
Last year, the forests of southern Quebec and Ontario and much of New England became eerily leafless. The air buzzed with the nibbling of mandibles and the tree trunks were covered in…
439-million-year-old fossil teeth upend long-held views of evolution
Volumetric reconstruction of a dental prosthesis in view of its lingual aspect (total model of Qianodus Dupis). Specimen measures over 2mm in length. Credit: Chu et al. Rare Chinese fossil teeth have…
EarthSky | Ultra-fast reactor explosions from neutron star collision
A powerful collision and a super-fast throw According to the known laws of physics, nothing can travel faster than light. And it is rare to see space objects traveling at speeds anywhere,…