Monday 9 May 2016

Intense wind found in the neighborhood of a black hole

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Astrophysicists have detected an intense wind from one of the closest known black holes to the Earth.
via Science Daily
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Quantum Swing: a pendulum that moves forward and backwards at the same time

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Two-quantum oscillations of atoms in a semiconductor crystal are excited by ultrashort terahertz pulses. The terahertz waves radiated from the moving atoms are analyzed by a novel time-resolving method and demonstrate the non-classical character of large-amplitude atomic motions.
via Science Daily

Sun’s magnetic field during the grand minimum is in fact at its maximum

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The study of the Sun’s long-term variation over a millennium by means of super computer modelling showed that during a time period of the Maunder Minimum type, the magnetic field may hide at the bottom of the convection zone.
via Science Daily
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Simulating the evolution of Mars volcano Olympus Mons

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Scientists have succeeded in creating a model simulating the formation of mysterious structures on the surface of the Mars volcano, Olympus Mons. The research project is based on image data of the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) that is installed on the European Mars Express spacecraft, which has been orbiting the red planet since December 2003. Using the camera images, the scientists in the Planetary Sciences and Remote Sensing group generated a mosaic and a terrain model of the Olympus Mons volcano. The image data show that the volcano shield is shaped in the form of arched terraces and the foot of the otherwise very flat volcano drops steeply. The origin of the terraces and the steep slope of Olympus Mons were discussed heatedly in previous publications.
via Science Daily
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Webb Telescope Mirror Rises after Assembly

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The eye of Saturn’s storm

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Space science image of the week: Saturn’s monstrous south pole vortex is a hurricane-like structure almost two thirds the diameter of Earth
via ESA Space Science
http://www.esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/2016/05/The_eye_of_Saturn_s_storm

Trilobites: Watch Mercury Sail Across the Sun

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For about seven hours starting Monday morning, the planet will appear as a black speck awash in the sun’s light in an event called the Mercury transit.
via New York Times