A quasar is an extremely bright and distant point-like source visible to radio telescopes. The source is a so-called Active Galactic Nucleus, fueled by a supermassive black hole. Source: https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/definition-what-is-a-quasar…
Tag: imagination
Best dinosaur toys for all ages
If you’ve got a youngster in your life who loves dinosaurs, we have suggestions for toys that will spark their imagination and curiosity. Source: https://www.livescience.com/best-dinosaur-toys.html
Pluto’s landscape more like Earth’s than previously thought
New analysis of data gathered from New Horizons’ 2015 flyby of Pluto shows evidence of Earth-like snow-capped mountains and the potential for glaciers made of methane ice. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/pluto-landscape-more-like-earths-than-previously-thought…
Astronomers identify 24 possible superhabitable worlds
Are there worlds out there – orbiting distant stars – even better suited for life than Earth? Might they be older, larger, warmer, wetter and with longer-living stars? Now astronomers have identified 24 possible superhabitable worlds. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/superhabitable-exoplanets-better-suited-for-life-than-earth…
Are the Best Star Wars Stories Now in Games Like ‘Star Wars: Squadrons’?
A game critic for the Los Angeles Times remembers his reaction to Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. “What a disappointment — if only it had been built for video game consoles.” This leads to this epiphany:
For all the deserved attention “The Mandalorian” series on Disney+ has received, the just-released game “Star Wars: Squadrons” reminds us that some of the best…
Orion Nebula in Oxygen, Hydrogen, and Sulfur
Few astronomical sights excite the imagination like the Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html…
Data Scientist Tries AI/Human Collaboration For Audio-Visual Art
“Swirls of color and images blend together as faces, scenery, objects, and architecture transform to music.” That’s how AI training company Lionbridge is describing Neural Synesthesia. Slashdot reader shirappu explains: Neural Synesthesia is an AI art project that creator Xander Steenbrugge calls a collaboration between man and machine. To create each piece, he feeds a generative network with curated image datasets…
Live Science podcast ‘Life’s Little Mysteries’ 37: Mysterious Mythical Creatures
Creatures that are inventions of the human imagination have inspired fear and wonder for thousands of years. Source: https://www.livescience.com/llm-podcast-37-mythical-creatures.html
Why it’s better to fall into a big black hole, and other bizarre facts
Black holes exert a powerful pull on our imagination, but their weirdness starts way before you cross the event horizon, says astrophysicist Chris Impey Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2244667-why-its-better-to-fall-into-a-big-black-hole-and-other-bizarre-facts/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
The difference between ‘signs’ and constellations
When – astrologically – the sun enters the “sign” of Gemini, it is still nearly one month away from entering the constellation Gemini in the sky. Astronomer Guy Ottewell illustrates and discusses this difference. Source: https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/the-difference-between-signs-and-constellations…