Tuesday 7 November 2017

Richard Gordon, Gemini and Apollo Astronaut, Dies at 88

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Mr. Gordon undertook a harrowing spacewalk in 1966 and orbited the moon in 1969, but he never achieved his dream of walking on the lunar surface.
via New York Times

Cosmos code helps probe space oddities

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Cosmos code testbed helps develop new techniques for computational astrophysics. CosmosDG utilizes discontinuous Gelarkin methods, which improved accuracy over previous versions by several orders of magnitude.
via Science Daily
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Shocking results of galaxy-cluster collisions

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Combining new images from the Very Large Array with X-Ray and visible-light images reveals the spectacular, energetic outcome when clusters of hundreds of galaxies each collide with each other.
via Science Daily
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Two-dimensional materials unlock the path to ultra-low-power transistors

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An international team of scientists has discovered a new route to ultra-low-power transistors using a graphene-based composite material.
via Science Daily

Red giant star gives a surprising glimpse of the sun's future

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Astronomers have for the first time observed details on the surface of an aging star with the same mass as the sun. ALMA's images show that the star is a giant, its diameter twice the size of Earth's orbit around the sun, but also that the star's atmosphere is affected by powerful, unexpected shock waves.
via Science Daily
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Marie Skłodowska-Curie: more alive today than ever!