See a starburst galaxy, ablaze with explosive star birth, and devouring dwarf galaxies (video)

A starburst galaxy, teeming with forming stars, devours surrounding dwarf galaxies in a stunning new image from the twin telescopes Gemini North. Bright red and pink wisps of gas and dust and bright white and blue stars seen in the image make up the galaxy NCG 4449, also known as Caldwell 21, located about 13 … Read more

Huge radio telescope array investigates the birth of planets around twin stars

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Astronomers have gained new insight into the formation of planets around twin stars that orbit each other. Despite the fact that we are most familiar with planets orbiting a single central star – such as the arrangement of our Solar System – more than 50% of the stars in the cosmos exist in a binary … Read more

Elon Musk confirms birth of twelfth child, while denying keeping the baby ‘secret’

Elon Musk is now the father of 12 children (Photo: @WalterIsaacson/@shivon/X) Elon Musk has confirmed the birth of his twelfth child and denied claims he was trying to keep the baby’s arrival a “secret.” It is the 52-year-old’s third child with Neuralink director Shivon Zilis, with whom he also had twins in November 2021. Musk, … Read more

‘I had four days off after the birth of my son – I was robbed of precious moments’

Dad-of-one Jake Holyoak found himself feeling ‘very low’ after his son was born as he only had four days off work and was ‘missing out’ on precious moments of connection Jake only had four days off after having son Freddie with wife Natasha(Jake Holyoak) A new father asks for longer statutory paternity leave after missing … Read more

‘Most exciting moment’ since the birth of WiFi: Chipmakers hail the arrival of AI PCs

Stay informed with free updates Simply log in to the Artificial intelligence myFT Digest – delivered straight to your inbox. The titans of the chip industry descended on Taiwan this week to claim an “AI PC revolution” that promises the biggest advances in decades in the way consumers and office workers interact with their personal … Read more

Elusive medium-sized black holes can form in dense ‘birth nests’

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Researchers have discovered that elusive intermediate-mass black holes can form in dense star clusters containing anywhere from tens of thousands to millions of tightly packed stars called “globular clusters.” An intermediate-mass black hole has a mass between 100 and 10,000 suns. They are heavier than black holes with masses of about 10 to 100 solar … Read more

Birth of the earliest galaxies in the universe observed for the first time

This article was reviewed according to Science fact checked peer-reviewed publication trusted source proofread OK! Gas accumulating and accumulating in a mini-galaxy under construction. Although this is how galaxies form according to theories and computer simulations, it had never been observed before. Credit: NASA × close to Gas accumulating and accumulating in a mini-galaxy under … Read more