Protoplanets are celestial objects in the act of forming into full planets within the gas and dust disks surrounding hot, young stars. These objects, often several times the mass of Jupiter, are still embedded in their birth environments, actively feeding on surrounding material through their own circumplanetary disks. Unlike mature planets, protoplanets offer a rare glimpse into the violent, chaotic …
Read More »Congratulations are in order for Rihanna and her partner, A$AP Rocky. The “What’s My Name?” singer took to social media on Wednesday to share that she has welcomed her third child, a girl named Rocki Irish Mayers. Photos posted by Rihanna, whose full name is Robyn Rihanna Fenty, holding her little one, who is wrapped in a pink blanket. The …
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The baby girl was born earlier this month, Rihanna revealed in a short Instagram post Rihanna and A$AP Rocky have welcomed their third child, Rocki Irish Mayers. In an Instagram post Wednesday, Sept. 24, the pop star confirmed that she gave birth earlier this month, on Sept. 13. Rihanna shared a photo of herself with the baby girl, as well …
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Stunning microscopic footage has captured the moment a translucent baby sea urchin crawled across a bed of red algae. The video earned fifth place in the annual Nikon Small World in Motion competition. Alvaro Migotto, a zoologist at the University of São Paulo in Brazil, captured the mesmerizing video of the juvenile sea urchin as it moved across its habitat …
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Rihanna has given birth to Rocki Irish Mayers, the singer announced Wednesday, as she revealed the first image of her newborn. The photo posted to her social media showed the 37-year-old artist and beauty mogul holding her daughter. Rocki is Rihanna’s third child with rapper A$AP Rocky, whose real name is Rakim Mayers. Rocki was born on Sept. 13, Rihanna …
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In this artist’s illustration, infalling hydrogen gas causes the growing protoplanet WISPIT 2b to shine brightly in the hydrogen alpha spectrum, to which the MagAO-X instrument is particularly sensitive. Credit: Joseph Olmsted/STScI/NASA Astronomers have captured something extraordinary: the first-ever direct photo of a baby planet growing inside a dusty ring around a young star. Using cutting-edge adaptive optics, the team …
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Jack Drury came out swinging. Born at just 33 weeks, the preemie shocked doctors by breathing on his own and leaving the NICU for his New Jersey home just 17 days later. “They reassured us that he would be fine,” his mom, Kelsey Drury, told The Post. And for a while, he was. Jack Drury is the only child of …
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As someone who lives for the unexpected, unique, and downright weird, it only took about five seconds for the absolute craziness of Baby Steps to steal my heart. This spiritual successor to pain-inducing cult classics QWOP and Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy (who is also one of the developers here) is a similarly exasperating physics-based walking simulator that asks …
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The US Consumer Product Safety Commission announced multiple recalls on many products sold and distributed by Amazon, including power banks, dressers, portable fans, baby tools and baby helmets. Here’s everything you need to know, and some alternatives to consider shopping for instead. Want more from NBC Select? Sign up for our newsletter, The Selection, and shop smarter. Recalled products Anker …
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