Technion researchers have presented evidence for the existence of solar-storm-like outbursts near supermassive black holes, which can be a million times larger than the sun or more. The phenomenon was discovered in the vicinity of the black hole in the galaxy NGC 3783, and the researchers' findi...
If you have ever submitted a side project to a directory and then checked the page every morning for a sign of life, this is the day-eight report. On 14 October I submitted One Minute Magic — a one-minute habit tracker with a 60-second timer and photo proof — to the free queue at pwa. directory.
We've all done it: convinced ourselves that if we can't donate enough money to a cause, it's better not to give at all. But new research led by Jean Zhang, now a postdoctoral researcher at the Wharton School, suggests we're setting the bar for generosity far too high.
New research published in Scientific Reports finds that the sky in Vincent van Gogh's "Starry Night" (1889) matches, in both observation and shape, the predawn sky over Saint-Rémy around July 22, 1889. In the early hours of that period, a waning crescent moon, Venus and the Hyades star cluster i...
Astronomy, weather data, and even letters referencing cicadas indicate he may have painted what the sky looked like around July 22, 1889. The post What night is van Gogh’s ‘The Starry Night’? New analysis says it’s in July.
Hundreds of people remain evacuated from their homes days after the chemical leak began at a facility in Toledo, Ohio.