Cosmic dust particles that give birth to planets around young stars have for the first time been found forming — the James Webb Space Telescope has witnessed the creation of these tiny planetary building blocks around a dead star. “This discovery is a big step forward in understanding how the basic materials of planets come together,” Mikako Matsuura of Cardiff …
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To study the sun, scientists use a specialized telescope called a coronagraph. This instrument mimics a solar eclipse by using a occulting disk to block out the sun’s bright light. By doing this, astronomers can study the fainter solar atmosphere, the sun’s corona, that’s hard to see when viewing the entire sun. However, recently, a coronagraph used by the National …
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The smallest magnetic loops ever seen in the sun’s corona — imaged for the first time by the National Science Foundation’s Daniel F. Inouye Solar Telescope — could be the bottom floor of the machinery that powers the ferocious flares that routinely blast out from our star. “It’s a landmark moment in solar science,” said Cole Tamburri of the University …
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SUN VALLEY, Calif. — UFC champion Quinton “Rampage” Jackson has apologized and said that he is “very upset” after his son allegedly committed what organizers called “a selfish, irresponsible act of violence” against a wrestler during an event Saturday night in the San Fernando Valley. Footage from the event posted on social media showed Jackson’s son, Raja Jackson – a …
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By DAILY MAIL REPORTER Published: 01:11, 23 August 2025 | Updated: 01:12, 23 August 2025 Dust collected from an asteroid by a NASA spacecraft more than 200 million miles away from Earth contains material that is older than the sun. Scientists have analysed samples from the Bennu asteroid, which resembles the Death Star space station in the Star Wars films, …
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Comet 3I/ATLAS, the third known and fastest interstellar object to fly across the Solar System, is at it again. The latest oddity shown by this comet is how it is spewing dust. As they get closer to the Sun, comets typically release a tail of gas and dust and a second tail of ions. Comet 3I’s tail is still pretty …
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GM Dan Morgan always looking at options Panthers general manager Dan Morgan dropped into the Panthers Television Network booth in the third quarter, and discussed how things could be different this year at final cuts compared to last season. In 2024, the Panthers had the first spot in waiver order and claimed six players who were cut by other teams …
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A new study suggests that the planets in our solar system may be helping to keep the sun calmer than other sun-like stars, potentially lowering the risk of powerful solar storms that could disrupt modern technology on Earth. The research, led by scientists at the German research laboratory Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), proposes that the sun’s flares, magnetic storms and bursts …
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On Sunday, Sept. 21, the moon will chew a noticeable “bite” out of the sun; this partial solar eclipse will be visible across parts of the Southern Hemisphere and streamed live for skywatchers worldwide. It’s the second and final solar eclipse of 2025, arriving just before the September equinox, a date on which day and night are roughly the same …
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Two weeks ago, news broke that former Boston Celtics minority owner Steve Pagliuca had agreed to a deal with the Mohegan Tribe to buy the WNBA’s Connecticut Sun for $325 million, with plans in place to relocate the team to Boston within two years. While the team’s outgoing and incoming ownership groups were happy with the arrangement, the WNBA was …
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