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Scientists have devised a new method for mapping the spottiness of distant stars by using observations from NASA missions of orbiting planets crossing their stars’ faces. The model builds on a technique researchers have used for decades to study star spots. By improving astronomers’ understanding of spotty stars, the new model — called StarryStarryProcess — can help discover more about …

We all hoped that the Pittsburgh Steelers’ quarterback play would improve with Aaron Rodgers on the roster. I don’t think any of us expected that would happen on a night when he didn’t even play. That was the case, though, in the Steelers’ preseason opener in Jacksonville. They beat the Jaguars 31-25 on Saturday night, and they did so on …

Stellar Blade Gets Surprise Patch on the Weekend via Update 1.013 on PS5. and PC  MP1st Source link

Once again, the discourse around a promising action game has been hijacked not by its gameplay, music, or setting, but by debates over its main character’s appearance. Following the July 24 release of Wuchang: Fallen Feathers, Soulslike players rejoiced at the arrival of yet another competent action game to join the repertoire. Wuchang: Fallen Feathers may not rival genre greats …

Astronomers have been aware of cosmic vampires, dead stars that hungrily strip plasma from victim stars, for some time. New research suggests that some of these cosmic fiends could have accomplices, Renfields to their Draculas, in the form of a third star in their systems, facilitating their fateful encounter. These systems are known as cataclysmic variables, and their occupant vampire …

Astronomers have spotted a monster-sized planet that could be up to ten times the size of Jupiter emerging from the stellar fog surrounding a young star. Prior observations of the roughly 13 million-year-old star MP Mus (also known as PDS 66) located around 280 light-years away had failed to distinguish features in the swirling cloud of gas and dust, or …