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Geek Dad
23-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Geek Dad
Review – The Flash: Blood Moon Special #1
The Flash: Blood Moon Rising Special #1 – Alex Paknadel, Writer; Daniel Bayliss, Artist; Matt Herms, Colorist Ray – 9.5/10 Ray: Blood Moon Rising has been an intriguing final act to Simon Spurrier's controversial but compelling Flash run, seeing Eclipso take over the moon and Wally West push himself to the limit to stop him. But I've been most interested in a side player to the run – Richard Swift, aka The Shade. This roguish immortal shadow criminal turned antihero was one of the biggest scene-stealers of James Robinson's Starman, and eventually became a leading man in his own right. But in recent days, he's been turning more cruel and ruthless towards lawbreakers, and it turns out this comes from a very human matter – his lover, Hope, is dying of a mysterious illness, and all of Richard's magic is powerless to help her. And in his desperation to cheat mortality, even as Hope starts to come to terms with her impending death, Richard taps into his darkest power and returns to the site of his creation – and discovers a terrible secret. The idea that Eclipso created the Shade centuries ago makes a lot of sense – obviously, their powers are incredibly similar, but also Eclipso loves to prey on human suffering and create loyal soldiers. And now that Shade needs help, Eclipso is all too willing to help him out – for a price that will strip away the little humanity he has left. And so Shade becomes Eclipso's sentry on the moon as he builds his empire, with years passing there as days pass on Earth, until the Flash gets involved and the event kicks off. This is a fantastic character piece for the Shade, probably the best since James Robinson's maxiseries for him, and it emphasizes just how well he works as both a hero and a villain. There are some great horror segments here, as well as some surprisingly emotional moments. Paknadel has written a few Flash specials before, and I'd love him to get a shot at a full run. To find reviews of all the DC issues, visit DC This Week. GeekDad received this comic for review purposes. Liked it? Take a second to support GeekDad and GeekMom on Patreon!
Daily Tribune
05-06-2025
- Science
- Daily Tribune
Huge planet discovered orbiting tiny star puzzles scientists
AFP | Paris Astronomers announced yesterday they have discovered a massive planet orbiting a tiny star, a bizarre pairing that has stumped scientists. Most of the stars across the Milky Way are small red dwarfs like TOI-6894, which has only 20 percent the mass of our Sun. It had not been thought possible that such puny, weak stars could provide the conditions needed to form and host huge planets. But an international team of astronomers have detected the unmistakable signature of a gas giant planet orbiting the undersized TOI-6894, according to a study in the journal Nature Astronomy. This makes the star the smallest star yet known to host a gas giant. The planet has a slightly larger radius than Saturn, but only half its mass. It orbits its star in a little over three days. The astronomers discovered the planet when searching through more than 91,000 low-mass red dwarfs observed by NASA's TESS space telescope. Its existence was then confirmed by ground-based telescopes, including Chile's Very Large Telescope. 'The fact that this star hosts a giant planet has big implications for the total number of giant planets we estimate exist in our galaxy,' study co-author Daniel Bayliss of the UK's Warwick University said in a statement. Another co-author, Vincent Van Eylen, of University College London, said it was an 'intriguing discovery'. 'We don't really understand how a star with so little mass can form such a massive planet!' he said. 'This is one of the goals of the search for more exoplanets. By finding planetary systems different from our solar system, we can test our models and better understand how our own solar system formed.'
Japan Today
04-06-2025
- Science
- Japan Today
Huge planet discovered orbiting tiny star puzzles scientists
An artist's illustration of an exoplanet and its star By Bénédicte Rey Astronomers announced Wednesday they have discovered a massive planet orbiting a tiny star, a bizarre pairing that has stumped scientists. Most of the stars across the Milky Way are small red dwarfs like TOI-6894, which has only 20 percent the mass of our Sun. It had not been thought possible that such puny, weak stars could provide the conditions needed to form and host huge planets. But an international team of astronomers have detected the unmistakable signature of a gas giant planet orbiting the undersized TOI-6894, according to a study in the journal Nature Astronomy. This makes the star the smallest star yet known to host a gas giant. The planet has a slightly larger radius than Saturn, but only half its mass. It orbits its star in a little over three days. The astronomers discovered the planet when searching through more than 91,000 low-mass red dwarfs observed by NASA's TESS space telescope. Its existence was then confirmed by ground-based telescopes, including Chile's Very Large Telescope. "The fact that this star hosts a giant planet has big implications for the total number of giant planets we estimate exist in our galaxy," study co-author Daniel Bayliss of the UK's Warwick University said in a statement. Another co-author, Vincent Van Eylen, of University College London, said it was an "intriguing discovery". "We don't really understand how a star with so little mass can form such a massive planet!" he said. "This is one of the goals of the search for more exoplanets. By finding planetary systems different from our solar system, we can test our models and better understand how our own solar system formed." The most prominent theory for how planets form is called core accretion. The process begins when a ring of gas and dust -- called a protoplanetary disc -- which surrounds a newly formed star builds up into a planetary core. This core attracts more gas that forms an atmosphere, eventually snowballing into a gas giant. Under this theory, it is difficult for low-mass stars to host giant planets because there is not enough gas and dust to begin building a core in the first place. A rival theory proposes that these planets instead form when their protoplanetary disc becomes gravitationally unstable and breaks up, with the collapsing gas and dust forming a planet. However neither theory seems to explain the existence of the newly discovered planet, TOI-6894b, the researchers said. The planet also interests scientists because it is strangely cold. Most of the gas giants discovered outside our Solar System so far have been what are known as "hot Jupiters", where temperatures soar well over 1,000 degrees Celsius. But the newly discovered planet appears to be under 150C, the researchers said. "Temperatures are low enough that atmospheric observations could even show us ammonia, which would be the first time it is found in an exoplanet atmosphere," said study co-author Amaury Triaud of Birmingham University. The James Webb space telescope is scheduled to turn its powerful gaze towards the planet in the next year, which could help uncover some more mysteries of this strange planet. © 2025 AFP
Yahoo
04-06-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Massive planet discovered orbiting tiny star, puzzling scientists
Astronomers announced Wednesday they have discovered a massive planet orbiting a tiny star, a bizarre pairing that has stumped scientists. Most of the stars across the Milky Way are small red dwarfs like TOI-6894, which has only 20% the mass of our sun. It had not been thought possible that such puny, weak stars could provide the conditions needed to form and host huge planets. But an international team of astronomers have detected the unmistakable signature of a gas giant planet orbiting the undersized TOI-6894, according to a study in the journal Nature Astronomy. This makes the star the smallest star yet known to host a gas giant. The planet has a slightly larger radius than Saturn, but only half its mass. It orbits its star in a little over three days. The astronomers discovered the planet when searching through more than 91,000 low-mass red dwarfs observed by NASA's TESS space telescope. Its existence was then confirmed by ground-based telescopes, including Chile's Very Large Telescope. "The fact that this star hosts a giant planet has big implications for the total number of giant planets we estimate exist in our galaxy," study co-author Daniel Bayliss of the UK's Warwick University said in a statement. Another co-author, Vincent Van Eylen, of University College London, said it was an "intriguing discovery." "We don't really understand how a star with so little mass can form such a massive planet!" he said. "This is one of the goals of the search for more exoplanets. By finding planetary systems different from our solar system, we can test our models and better understand how our own solar system formed." Planet is unusually cold The most prominent theory for how planets form is called core accretion. The process begins when a ring of gas and dust — called a protoplanetary disc — which surrounds a newly formed star builds up into a planetary core. This core attracts more gas that forms an atmosphere, eventually snowballing into a gas giant. Under this theory, it is difficult for low-mass stars to host giant planets because there is not enough gas and dust to begin building a core in the first place. A rival theory proposes that these planets instead form when their protoplanetary disc becomes gravitationally unstable and breaks up, with the collapsing gas and dust forming a planet. However neither theory seems to explain the existence of the newly discovered planet, TOI-6894b, the researchers said. The planet also interests scientists because it is strangely cold. Most of the gas giants discovered outside our solar system so far have been what are known as "hot Jupiters," where temperatures soar well over 1,000 degrees Celsius. But the newly discovered planet appears to be under 150C, the researchers said. "Temperatures are low enough that atmospheric observations could even show us ammonia, which would be the first time it is found in an exoplanet atmosphere," said study co-author Amaury Triaud of Birmingham University. The James Webb space telescope is scheduled to turn its powerful gaze toward the planet in the next year, which could help uncover some more mysteries of this strange planet. Recent cosmic discoveries The spotting of the giant planet orbiting the undersized star marks the latest in a string of recent celestial discoveries. Last month, a U.S.-based trio hunting the elusive "Planet Nine" said they instead stumbled on what appears to be a new dwarf planet in the solar system's outer reaches. Named 2017 OF201, the new object is roughly 430 miles across, according to a preprint study, making it three times smaller than Pluto. Also in May, an international team reported that a newly found celestial object — perhaps a star, pair of stars or something else entirely — is emitting X-rays around the same time it's shooting out radio waves. Meanwhile, scientists announced recently that a new planetarium show about the Milky Way helped them unlock one of the solar system's many secrets. Experts at the American Museum of Natural History in New York were fine-tuning a scene about the Oort Cloud that's far beyond Pluto. Scientists have never glimpsed this region, but when museum experts projected their scene onto the planetarium dome, created using simulation data, they saw a spiral shape. Scientists had long thought the Oort Cloud was shaped like a sphere or flattened shell, warped by the push and pull of other planets and the Milky Way itself. The planetarium show hinted that a more complex shape could lie peek: Where is Jermain Charlo? Baldwin grills McMahon on unallocated funds for students, schools, approved by Congress Hegseth orders Navy to rename USNS Harvey Milk, Jeffries calls it "a complete and total disgrace"
Time of India
04-06-2025
- General
- Time of India
Big planet orbiting a small star: Scientists discover rare pairing in Milky Way galaxy
Astronomers say they have discovered a massive planet orbiting a tiny star, a bizarre pairing that has stumped scientists (Image credit: X/AFP) Astronomers on Wednesday have discovered a huge planet orbiting a tiny star. This bizarre pairing has left the scientists puzzled. The small star is called TOI-6894 . Most stars in the Milky Way galaxy are small like TOI-6894. It is a red dwarf with only about 20 per cent of the Sun's mass. Scientists never thought that such tiny stars could support massive planets. However, a team of international astronomers found clear signs of a gas giant planet orbiting the small star TOI-6894. Their findings were published in the journal ' Nature Astronomy '. This discovery makes TOI-6894 the smallest known star to host such a large planet. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like New Container Houses Morocco (Prices May Surprise You) Container House | Search Ads Search Now Undo The planet has a slightly larger radius than Saturn, but weighs only half its mass. It orbits the star very quickly- once every three days. The astronomers discovered the planet while observing more than 91,000 small red dwarf stars from Nasa's TESS space telescope. The existence of the planet was confirmed by ground-based telescopes including Chile's observatory 'Very Large Telescope'. "The fact that this star hosts a giant planet has big implications for the total number of giant planets we estimate exist in our galaxy," said study co-author Daniel Bayliss from the UK's Warwick University. Another co-author, Vincent Van Eylen from University College London, said it was an "intriguing discovery". "We don't really understand how a star with so little mass can form such a massive planet!" Eylen said. "This is one of the goals of the search for more exoplanets . By finding planetary systems different from our solar system, we can test our models and better understand how our own solar system formed", he added. Scientists hope discoveries like this one will help them better understand how planets — including those in our own solar system — are formed. Why is TOI-6894b special? The new planet, named TOI-6894b is special because it is much cooler than most other planets found outside our solar system. The researchers explained that most of the planets are hot, having temperatures more than 1,000°C. However, the newly discovered planet appears to be under 150°C. That cooler temperature means scientists might be able to detect chemicals like ammonia in its atmosphere — something never seen before in planets outside our solar system. The James Webb Space Telescope is expected to observe this planet in the next year, which can help scientists in uncovering more mysteries of this strange planet.
