36,000 AMD GPUs create the largest model of the universe
The Universe is too big and old to observe the processes occurring in it in real time. Meanwhile, only observations give true ideas about the world in which we live.…
The Earth is again left with only one moon – the small satellite has flown away, but will return soon
On Monday – November 25 – asteroid 2024 PT5 moved away from the Earth and ceased to be considered a conditional second Moon. The object, measuring about 11 m in…
Soot and sunlight paved the way for recycling non-recyclable plastics
The emergence of robotic waste sorting systems has been a boon for the recycling industry, but at the same time it has removed black plastic from the list of recyclable…
Scientists have solved the mystery of Uranus, which they have been struggling with for almost 40 years.
One of the promising missions until 2032 is to send a probe to Uranus. Scientists are concerned about the fact that the thermosphere of this planet is rapidly cooling, which…
Universal accident at a speed of 3.2 million km/h – James Webb sheds light on the collision of galaxies
It is no secret that galaxies can collide, which leads to changes in the landscape of the Universe and to the evolution of the galaxies themselves. Studying the consequences of…
A piece of Mars that fell to Earth long ago sheds light on the history of water on the Red Planet
Scientists have little doubt that Mars was once “warm and wet.” Water began to leave the planet about 4 billion years ago, and disappeared en masse from its surface 3…
Webb discovered three huge galaxies in the early Universe – scientists don’t understand why they formed so quickly
In data from the space observatory. James Webb, scientists have discovered three “Red Monsters” – three supermassive galaxies for their time, the rate of formation of which goes beyond the…
“James Webb” was the first in history to find the “Einstein zigzag” – a unique curvature of space-time
Gravitational lensing, predicted 90 years ago by Einstein, was confirmed by observation four years after the publication of his work. This was done by observing the bending of star light…
Neuralink received the right to implant a chip into a patient’s brain in Canada
In the US, Neuralink, founded by Elon Musk, has already successfully experimented with implanting an implant into the brains of two patients, and this week it announced that it had…
About a third of stars contain the remains of Earth-like planets, observations and modeling show
In recent years, astronomers have learned to measure the metal content of stars with extreme precision. It quickly became clear that even stars from the same molecular cloud have strong…