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AI makes simulations of huge amounts of molecules possible

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Computer simulations of clouds of atoms and molecules must always trade scale for accuracy, but a new technique shows that both are possible at once using AI and clever coding Technology 12 January 2022 By Matthew Sparkes The Summit supercomputer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee ORNL and Carlos Jones Artificial intelligence has been used … Read more

Local Bubble: Huge gas structure that contains the solar system mapped for first time

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The solar system lies inside a structure called the Local Bubble some 1000 light years across – and a map of its surface shows it is the site of star formation Space 12 January 2022 Artist’s illustration of the Local Bubble with star formation occurring on the bubble’s surface Leah Hustak (STScI) The star-forming regions … Read more

Microbes in The Ocean Depths Can Make Oxygen Without Sun. This Discovery Could Be Huge

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For most of life on Earth, oxygen is essential, and sunlight is usually needed to produce that oxygen. But in an exciting twist, researchers have caught a common, ocean-dwelling microbe breaking all the rules.   Scientists have found that a microbe called Nitrosopumilus maritimus and several of its cousins, called ammonia oxidizing archaea (AOA), are able to … Read more

Two black holes merged to form a huge one moving at incredible speeds

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Astronomers have long suspected that merging black holes can give the resulting larger black hole a massive boost of speed, and have finally spotted this happening Space 11 January 2022 By Leah Crane When a pair of black holes merge, the resulting larger black hole can be sent hurtling away at extraordinary speeds – and … Read more

With James Webb Space Telescope’s huge sunshield in place, focus shifts to big mirrors

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We can all take a deep breath before the James Webb Space Telescope’s next major deployment. On Tuesday (Jan. 4), Webb finished bringing its huge, five-layer sunshield up to the proper tension, wrapping up the most complex and tricky operation of the $10 billion observatory’s lengthy deployment phase.  The mission team can therefore now turn … Read more

Japan will launch a huge communications satellite on Wednesday. Here’s how to watch it live.

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A highly advanced commercial communications satellite will lift off from Japan on Wednesday (Dec. 22) and you can watch the action live. The huge Inmarsat-6 F1 satellite is scheduled to launch atop a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries H-2A rocket Wednesday from Tanegashima Space Center in Japan during a two-hour window that opens at 9:33 a.m. EST … Read more

We’ve seen our galaxy’s huge black hole more clearly than ever before

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Astronomers have observed Sagittarius A* – the supermassive black hole at the centre of our galaxy – closer than ever before, and Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity still holds up Space 14 December 2021 By Leah Crane Stars orbiting very close to Sagittarius A* (centre), the supermassive black hole at the heart of the … Read more

Coronal mass ejections: Huge plasma cloud observed on a sun-like star

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A coronal mass ejection from the star EK Draconis was 10 times larger than any we have seen on our own sun Space 9 December 2021 By Chen Ly A coronal mass ejection on the sun photographed by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory NASA Goddard Astronomers have seen a huge cloud of plasma erupting from the … Read more