Friday 23 June 2017

Trilobites: Solving the Scorching Mystery of the Sun’s Erupting Plasma Jets

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After decades of study, scientists have developed a model to explain how violent solar spicules form.
via New York Times

The future of the LHC takes shape

Does dark matter annihilate quicker in the Milky Way?

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A new theory predicts how dark matter may be annihilating much more rapidly in the Milky Way, than in smaller or larger galaxies and the early Universe.
via Science Daily
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Meteorite mystery solved with research on high pressure

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A research group has found a long-sought explanation for the apparent contradictions implicit in the composition of lunar and Martian meteorites. They were able to demonstrate how meteorites could contain within narrow spaces minerals whose formation conditions are quite different. These findings provide new impetus for meteorite research.
via Science Daily
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Solstice Conjunction over Budapest

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Before a solstice Sun rose on June 21, brilliant Venus and an old crescent Moon posed together over Budapest, Hungary for this predawn skyscape. In the foreground the view looks across the Danube river from Buda to Pest toward the dome and peaks of the Hungarian Parliament building. Low clouds are in silhouette against a twilight sky. But far enough above the eastern horizon to catch the sunlight shines another seasonal apparition on that solstice morning, noctilucent clouds. Seen near sunrise and sunset in summer months at high latitudes, the night-shining clouds are formed as water vapor in the cold upper atmosphere condenses on meteoric dust or volcanic ash near the edge of space.

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Musician Howie Day records love song to physics

Singer Howie Day recorded a parody version of his song ‘Collide’ at CERN (Image: Noemi Caraban Gonzalez/CERN)


via CERN: Updates for the general public
http://home.cern/about/updates/2017/06/musician-howie-day-records-love-song-physics