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NASA telescopes tune into a black hole prelude and fugue

NASA has released three new pieces of cosmic sound that are associated with the densest and darkest members of our universe: black holes. These scientific productions are sonifications—or translations into sound—of data collected by NASA telescopes in space, including the Chandra X-ray Observatory, James Webb Space Telescope, and Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE).

Flavor symmetry of the high-energy world does not work as expected

In collisions of argon and scandium atomic nuclei, scientists from the international NA61/SHINE experiment have observed a clear anomaly indicative of a violation of one of the most important symmetries of the quark world: the approximate flavor symmetry between up and down quarks.

Paddleboarder spots two bigfoots in daylight near edge of the Meanders section of Payette River north of McCall (Report 78573)

Class A; October 2024; Idaho, Valley County

ALICE detects the conversion of lead into gold at the Large Hadron Collider

In a paper published in Physical Review C, the ALICE collaboration reports measurements that quantify the transmutation of lead into gold in CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC).

Innovative new detector to hunt for neutrinos

Technology is being pushed to its very limits. The upgrades to the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN slated for the next few years will increase data transfer rates beyond what the current neutrino detector for the FASER experiment can cope with, requiring it to be replaced by a new kind of more powerful detector.

Mistrial for former Mich. police officer charged with murder in fatal OIS

Former Grand Rapids Police officer Christopher Schurr fatally shot a man after the man gained control of his TASER

Hubble pinpoints roaming massive black hole

Like a scene out of a sci-fi movie, astronomers using NASA telescopes have found “Space Jaws.” Lurking 600 million light-years away, within the inky black depths between stars, there is an invisible monster gulping down any wayward star that plummets toward it. The sneaky black hole betrayed its presence in a newly identified tidal disruption event (TDE) where a hapless star was ripped apart and swallowed in a spectacular burst of radiation.

BWC: Conn. officers stop box truck after pursuit, tase suspect who fled on foot

Waterbury Police officers punctured the fleeing box truck’s tires with stop sticks before using cruisers to force the truck of the road; the suspect attempted to run but was captured

Webb visualization reveals 3D structure of Cosmic Cliffs

In July 2022, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope made its public debut with a series of breathtaking images. Among them was an ethereal landscape nicknamed the Cosmic Cliffs. This glittering realm of star birth is the subject of a new 3D visualization derived from the Webb data. The visualization, created by NASA’s Universe of Learning and titled “Exploring the Cosmic Cliffs in 3D,” breathes new life into an iconic Webb image.

Proba-3 achieves precise formation flying

For the first time, two spacecraft in orbit were aligned in formation with millimeter precision and maintained their relative position for several hours without any control from the ground.

DNA-like molecule may survive Venus-like cloud conditions

Punishing conditions in the clouds of Venus could be home to a DNA-like molecule capable of forming genes in life very different to that on Earth, according to a new study.

There’s a chorus of gravitational waves coming from the core of the Milky Way. Will we hear them?

There is a supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy, and it’s not alone. There is also likely a forest of binary black holes, neutron stars, and white dwarfs. All of these emit gravitational waves as they gradually spiral ever closer together. These gravitational waves are too faint for us to detect at the moment, but future observatories will be able to observe them. This poses an interesting astronomical challenge.

A single impact could leave a giant planet ringing for millions of years

To understand how chaotic the early solar system was, we need only gaze at the moon. Its cratered surface bears the scars of multitudes of collisions. The early solar system was like a debris field where objects smashed into each other in cascades of collisions. The same must be true in all young solar systems, and in a new paper, researchers describe how they simulated a collision between two massive planets to see what would happen.

Topological polycrystal: A new approach to configurable, multiband topological photonic circuitry

Molding the flow of light—whether confined to localized regions or propagating in free space—remains crucial for modern integrated photonics. The advancement of the multi-channel, programmable optical waveguide and coupler arrays has enabled us to develop photonic integrated circuits (PICs) as a viable alternative to electronic ones, overcoming limitations in processing speed, bandwidth, and efficiency across the optical-to-microwave spectrum.

Philadelphia police officer in critical condition after shooting erupts outside high school

As officers mediated fights near the school, a man approached and fired a shot; the shot ricocheted off the ground and struck an officer beneath his ballistic vest