In this artist’s impression, the galactic disk warp “dances gracefully” under the torsion of the dark matter halo. Credit: Hou Kaiyuan and Dong Zhanxun of the School of Design, Shanghai Jiao Tong University An international team has developed a “motion-picture” method to measure the precession rate of the Milky Way’s disk curvature. Using a sample … Read more
If we want to one day explore the galaxy (let alone the rest of the universe), we have a speed problem. In late 2023, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe reached the fastest speed ever achieved by a man-made object, clocking in at 635,266 kilometers (394,736 miles) per hour. While impressive, that’s only 0.059 percent of the … Read more
This article was reviewed according to Science fact checked preprint trusted source proofread OK! by Tomasz Nowakowski, Phys.org Archival optical image (at a wavelength of 468 nm) of NGC 5128, taken with the British Schmidt telescope, showing the location of the two fields studied. The red cross marks the center of NGC 5128. Red circles … Read more
Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary – there has already been one remaster (Xbox Game Studios) Microsoft is reportedly considering bringing Starfield and Hellblade 2 to PS5, but Gears Of War 6 is apparently off the table for now. Not only is it the Summer Game Fest on Friday evening, but it’s also the Xbox Games Showcase … Read more
This piece contains spoilers for Halo: Reach. In the pantheon of platform exclusives, few are as big as Halo. Since its launch by Bungie in 2001, Microsoft’s first-person shooter series has spawned no fewer than 15 games, alongside endless volumes of novels, comics, art books and a TV adaptation. It also provided the world with … Read more
39 The two elements that will form the initial Gateway capabilities for NASA’s Artemis campaign are preparing for system installations this year and next as the space agency reviews progress to set a new launch date. The Power and Propulsion Element (PPE) and the Habitation and Logistics Module (HALO) are being built on different continents … Read more
Magnetic fields in the Milky Way’s halo have a toroidal structure, extending in a radius range from 6,000 light-years to 50,000 light-years from the center of the Milky Way. The sun is about 30,000 light years away. Credit: NAOC Astrophysicists have discovered large magnetic toroids in the Milky Way‘s halo, which affects cosmic ray propagation … Read more
MIT astronomers discovered three of the oldest stars in the universe, and they live in our own galactic neighborhood. The stars are located in the Milky Way’s “halo” – the cloud of stars surrounding the main galactic disk – and they appear to have formed between 12 and 13 billion years ago, when the very … Read more