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Pioneering magnetic field mapping of the solar corona with NSF Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope Reveals New Scientific Possibilities

Pioneering magnetic field mapping of the ...

Detecting the magnetic field of the solar corona using NSF Daniel K. The solar telescope's Inouye represents a key advance in solar physics, enabling more accurate prediction of space weather conditions affecting Earth's technological infrastructure.

Scientists discover unique ring-shaped region in Earth

Scientists discover unique ring-shaped region ...

Scientists have discovered a new ring-shaped region within Earth's liquid core, located deep below the surface. This discovery opens new insights into Earth's magnetic field and the behavior of seismic waves

Supercomputer simulations reveal turbulence dynamics in black hole accretion disks

Supercomputer simulations reveal turbulence ...

Scientists from Tohoku and Utsunomiya universities used supercomputers to simulate accretion disks around black holes, revealing complex turbulence and its role in energy transfer

A large asteroid impact 4 billion years ago drastically changed Ganymede

A large asteroid impact 4 billion years ago ...

Scientists have discovered that an asteroid 20 times larger than the one that wiped out the dinosaurs hit Ganymede, Jupiter's largest moon, 4 billion years ago, causing a significant change in its rotational axis and long-term consequences for its geology

Recent measurements of the universe have revealed the secrets of the cosmic optical background thanks to the spacecraft New Horizons, providing new insights into the history of galaxies and the evolution of the universe

Recent measurements of the universe have ...

NASA's New Horizons has provided the most accurate measurements of the cosmic optical background, light coming from all known galaxies, revealing new details about the evolution of the universe and galaxies throughout history

How dark matter and gravity form supermassive black holes in the early universe: james webb telescope discoveries change our understanding of the evolution of the universe

How dark matter and gravity form supermassive ...

Recent discoveries by the James Webb telescope suggest that dark matter plays a key role in the formation of supermassive black holes in the early universe by preventing hydrogen from cooling and allowing these giant objects to form much earlier than theories predicted