SNAPSHOT: Musicians Don Motion Capture Devices to Reveal How Bands Synchronize
Author Vishay SinghPosted on Categories Discover Magazine
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Author Vishay SinghPosted on Categories Discover Magazine
'Hot Jupiter' Exoplanets May Be Born Uncomfortably Close to Their Stars
Author Vishay SinghPosted on Categories Discover Magazine
Hot Jupiters are massive gas giant planets circling their suns at a fraction of the Earth-Sun distance in our own solar system.(Credit: ESA/ATG medialab, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO) Today, astronomers have numerous extrasolar systems to study, but most look very different from our own. Determining how these solar systems — and ours — formed is challenging. New research presented at the 233rd Meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Seattle, Washington, on January 8 lends credence to a ...read more
Radio Jets from the Milky Way’s Black Hole Could be Pointing Right at Earth
Author Vishay SinghPosted on Categories Discover Magazine
This image shows different views of Sagittarius A. The top two images are simulations of its scattered and unscattered light, while the bottom two show real images taken by a telescope array. (Credit: S. Issaoun, M. Mościbrodzka, Radboud University/ M. D. Johnson, CfA) We’ve spent decades trying to decode our supermassive black hole, but crucial clues could’ve been in front of us all along. Using an array of 13 radio telescopes, astronomers from the Max Planck Institute were a ...read more
How Does Wildlife Survive Winter's Freezing Temperatures?
Author Vishay SinghPosted on Categories Discover Magazine
Yes, I am a bit chilly, why? (Credit: tim elliott/Shutterstock.com) Anyone who’s walked their dog when temperatures are frigid knows that canines will shiver and favor a cold paw – which partly explains the boom in the pet clothing industry. But chipmunks and cardinals don’t get fashionable coats or booties. In fact, wildlife can succumb to frostbite and hypothermia, just like people and pets. In the northern United States, the unfurred tails of opossums are a common casualty ...read more
Cloudless, Methane Rain Falls on Titan's North Pole
Author Vishay SinghPosted on Categories Discover Magazine
A near-infrared color image of Titan’s north pole, taken by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft. A new study using Cassini observations reveals rainfall. (Credit: NASA) NASA’s Cassini orbiter captured the north pole on Saturn’s largest moon looking like a wet sidewalk after a bit of rain. This rainfall, which scientists take to signify a change in season on the moon, brought summer to Titan’s northern hemisphere earlier than scientists had predicted. This is the first ...read more