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Metro
19-07-2025
- Science
- Metro
Astronomers just casually witnessed the birth of a new solar system
Astronomers have witnessed the creation of a solar system for the first time. Data captured by the ALMA telescope in Chile and the James Webb Space Telescope showed planets forming around a star in the first record of its kind. The findings, detailed in a study published on Wednesday, showed how scientists observed a gaseous plate being formed around a star – the first step in the birth of a new solar system. Professor Melissa McCure from the Leiden University in the Netherlands said: 'For the first time, we have identified the earliest moment when planet formation is initiated around a star other than our Sun.' The new solar system is being formed around a baby or 'proto' star named HOPS-315 located some 1300 light-years from Earth. Scientists believe the unique sighting can paint a picture of how our solar system was formed, as well as help us better understand the planetary formation process. Merel van't Hoff, of Purdue University in the USA, who co-authored the study, said the nascent planetary system resembles what our solar system would have looked like when it was beginning to form. She said: 'This system is one of the best that we know to actually probe some of the processes that happened in our Solar System.' A solar system is formed from solid material within meteorites, which condense and then bind themselves together. More Trending The pieces of matter begin to form tiny planets or 'plantesimals' before they form larger full size planets. The first minerals around HOPS-315 were detected by the James Webb Space Telescope, before the ALMA Telescope was used to identify exactly where they originated. ESO astronomer Elizabeth Humphreys, who manages the European ALMA Programme Manager said she was 'really impressed' with the study. She said: 'It suggests that HOPS-315 can be used to understand how our own Solar System formed. This result highlights the combined strength of JWST and ALMA for exploring protoplanetary discs.' Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@ For more stories like this, check our news page. MORE: France's new rocket Baguette One to go where no baker has gone before MORE: Felix Baumgartner's chilling last Instagram post moments before he died mid-air MORE: A new world may have been discovered beyond Neptune
Yahoo
18-07-2025
- Science
- Yahoo
Space photo of the day for July 14, 2025
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A recent unexpected frost graced high-altitude peaks in Chile, dusting the Southern Astrophysical Research (SOAR) Telescope with a delicate layer of snow. What is it? The 13.4 foot (4.1 meter) telescope has been a major hub for researchers in the Southern Hemisphere using optical and near-infrared astronomy to study the stars. According to NOIRLab, the telescope was initiated in 1987 by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. It's run by an international consortium which includes Brazil, Chile, Michigan State University and the University of North Carolina. Only a short distance away on the same peak is the Gemini South telescope, which also looks at the stars in both visible and infrared wavelengths. Where is it? The SOAR Telescope sits on the peak of Cerro Pachón, part of the Chilean Andes mountain range. Why is it amazing? Recently, a rare winter storm swept across the Atacama desert, bringing snow to the driest place on Earth. While the event created a beautiful landscape, its impact varied among the observatories located in the remote part of Chile. For the SOAR telescope, high up in the Chilean Andes, the snow was a gentle dusting that coated the observatory, making for some stunning images. However, lower down in elevation, the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) facility at Chajnantor Plateu faced more severe conditions, forcing all scientific operations to be suspended since June 26, 2025. ALMA's remote location and reliance on sensitive electronics made it especially vulnerable to weather extremes, even brief ones. Want to learn more? You can read more about telescopes like SOAR and astronomy happening in the Atacama desert. Solve the daily Crossword
New York Post
27-06-2025
- Science
- New York Post
Explore the universe with this Smart Telescope, now $270!
Discover startups, services, products and more from our partner StackCommerce. New York Post edits this content, and may be compensated and/or receive an affiliate commission if you buy through our links. TL;DR: View the universe anytime, anywhere with the first-ever Smartphone-based Telescope, now on sale for $259.99 (reg. $299.99) with free shipping. Many substitute the city's dazzling lights for the beauty of the galaxy. While that's cool and all, let's be real—nothing quite beats a blanket of stars and constellations, but the MTA can only get you so far away from the city. Fortunately, we have the perfect solution for you. Meet the Hestia Smartphone-based Telescope, which allows you to explore the universe day or night. Now you can snag one for $259.99 (reg. $299.99) and get free shipping! So, what is a Smartphone-based Telescope? The Hestia is designed to attach to iPhones (iOS 16.0 or later) and Android devices (Android 11 or later) to amplify the main camera through the Vanois Gravity app. It's built with six different lenses, making images up to 5x sharper with a magnification of 25x. With that kind of close-up, you can live out your childhood dream of being an astronaut, without ever leaving the ground! By hopping on this deal, not only do you save a few bucks, but you get everything you need to explore space by day or night. The Ultimate Pack comes equipped with Hestia's premium tripod, a high-quality solar filter, a precision solar pointer, a transportation case, and a visor. All you're missing is a snack and bev. Better yet, this telescope is built to last. It relies solely on an optical design system, aka your phone, so there's no need for battery or risk of power loss. Plus, it's waterproof, temperature resistant, and impact resistant, so you don't have to worry about someone bumping into you. Trek out to Central Park, where the trees and skyscrapers can't disrupt your view, pick your destination on the Gravity app, and enjoy the vast wonders of space. Choose between three different modes: Day, Night, or Scenery Mode to learn more about the Sun, Moon, and catalogue your surroundings up close in crystal-clear quality. Who knows, you may find a new planet with this baby. Fuel your inner child and grab Hestia's first-ever Smartphone-based Telescope (Ultimate Pack) for only $259.99 (reg. $299.99) with free shipping. StackSocial prices subject to change.
Yahoo
12-06-2025
- Science
- Yahoo
Giant Jets Bigger Than The Milky Way Seen Shooting From Black Hole
A supermassive black hole in the early Universe has been spotted blasting out powerful jets of plasma that are at least twice as long as the Milky Way is wide. Its host galaxy is a quasar called J1601+3102, and we're seeing it as it was less than 1.2 billion years after the Big Bang. Spanning 215,000 light-years from end to end, this is the largest structure of its kind seen in those early stages of the Universe's formation, and astronomers think it can answer some questions about how they grow. "We were searching for quasars with strong radio jets in the early Universe, which helps us understand how and when the first jets are formed and how they impact the evolution of galaxies," explains astrophysicist Anniek Gloudemans of the National Science Foundation's NOIRLab. Jets are a particularly interesting supermassive black hole behavior. When there is enough material close to a supermassive black hole in the center of a galaxy, it swirls around, forming a disk of material that feeds into the black hole, drawn in by its extreme gravity. That feeding often produces a quasar, blazing with light as the swirling material is heated by friction and gravity to temperatures of millions of degrees. Not all the material falls onto the black hole beyond escape, though. Some of it gets diverted along the magnetic field lines outside the event horizon and accelerated to the black hole's poles, where it is launched into space with tremendous speed. These eruptions of material form jets, and they blast out into space for huge distances. The longest we've found to date are 23 million light-years from end to end, much later in the lifetime of the Universe. However, they only emit light in radio waves, which makes them a little tricky to see. To identify J1601+3102, Gloudemans and her colleagues had to combine observations from multiple telescopes, including the Low Frequency Array (LOFAR) Telescope in Europe, Gemini North in Hawaii, and the optical Hobby-Eberly Telescope in Texas. These observations didn't just reveal the extent of J1601+3102's jets, they allowed the researchers to study the black hole. The amount of light emitted by the quasar activity can be analyzed to reveal the black hole's mass. It's just 450 million times the mass of the Sun, a relatively modest size for a quasar black hole. And it's not scarfing down matter at a particularly high rate, either. These properties suggest that quasars could be more varied than we generally assume. "Interestingly, the quasar powering this massive radio jet does not have an extreme black hole mass compared to other quasars," Gloudemans says. "This seems to indicate that you don't necessarily need an exceptionally massive black hole or accretion rate to generate such powerful jets in the early Universe." The discovery was detailed in The Astrophysical Journal Letters. Humanity Has Just Glimpsed Part of The Sun We've Never Seen Before 'City-Killer' Asteroid Even More Likely to Hit The Moon in 2032 The Center of Our Universe Does Not Exist. A Physicist Explains Why.
Yahoo
24-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Telescope Innovations Presents Results of Second Fiscal Quarter 2025
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - April 23, 2025) - Telescope Innovations Corp. (CSE: TELI) (OTCQB: TELIF) (FSE: J4U) ("Telescope Innovations", "Telescope", or the "Company") a developer of advanced technologies and services for the global pharmaceutical and chemical industries, reports financial results for the fiscal quarter ended February 28, 2025 (Q2). The Company generated revenues of $1.0 million during this quarterly period, and an adjusted EBITA loss of $0.4 million. Telescope continues to strategically reinvest revenues to drive operational growth, and financial results are consistent with management's budget expectations and FY 2025 targets. FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS OF THE FISCAL QUARTER ENDED FEBRUARY 28, 2025 All values are represented in CAD. Revenues of $1,004,121 (versus $686,205 for the comparable period in FY 2024) Expenses of $1,717,470 (versus $1,277,418 for the comparable period in FY 2024) Adjusted EBITA loss of $441,837 (versus loss of $325,488 for the comparable period in FY 2024) OPERATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS FLAGSHIP PRODUCT EXPANSION INTO CHINA, AND FIRST USER FORUM HOSTED BY METTLER TOLEDO. Telescope and their global distribution partner, Mettler Toledo, launched the distribution of Telescope's DirectInject-LC™ product in China. The Company also executed several product demonstrations at large accounts in expanded geographic markets, to cadvance the commercial adoption already established in the US, Europe, and Japan. In addition, Mettler Toledo hosted the first DirectInject-LC™ user forum to capitalize on and expand the product's momentum. This seminar was attended by over 200 prospective and active customers, and featured speakers from AstraZeneca, Genentech, and Takeda. These speakers presented the advantages of deploying DirectInject-LC™ within their R&D pipeline, while Telescope also presented the product's features and best practices to expand customer awareness and skill. PUBLICATION ON ACCESSORY PRODUCT TO DIRECTINJECT-LC. A new White Paper released by Mettler Toledo with Telescope CTO, Jason Hein, as a co-author, highlights the co-development of a sampling filter accessory to DirectInject-LC™ product, named the EasyFrit. This add-on enhances process understanding for crystallization chemistry and other heterogeneous processes, broadening the platform portfolio and application scope of Telescope's instrument, and thereby enhancing the market appeal of DirectInject-LC™. EasyFrit commercialization is also another example of Telescope's technology leadership and ability to develop advanced analytical tools that are readily deployed in the marketplace TEAM GROWTH BY 33% AND PROGRESS ON COLLABORATION WITH PFIZER FOR SELF-DRIVING LAB ("SDL") DEVELOPMENT. The combination of a close collaboration with Pfizer scientists and a strong financial contribution has enabled excellent progress on this project. Telescope's SDL uses artificial intelligence, advanced process analytical technology, and robotic automation to autonomously perform chemistry research. SDLs can optimize material properties and chemical synthesis methods up to 100x faster than traditional research methods, reducing the time and cost of developing new pharmaceuticals. To support the SDL Project, Telescope has expanded its team by 33% over the past six months, strengthening its expertise in chemistry, chemical engineering, robotics, and AI-driven automation. This growth supports the Company's ability to scale SDL platforms and meet the rising demand for automated research solutions in high-value chemical and pharmaceutical industries. SUCCESSFUL OUTCOME OF BRINE-TO-BATTERY PROGRAM FOR PRODUCTION OF >99% PURE BATTERY RAW MATERIALS. Over the past year, Telescope Innovations' proprietary ReCRFT™ recrystallization technology has produced battery-grade (>99% pure) lithium carbonate from a wide variety of North American lithium-containing brines. Direct Lithium Extraction (DLE) eluates were obtained from various producers with lithium brine projects across Canada and the US, including potential suppliers and customers for the eventual commercialization of the ReCRFT™ process. ReCRFT™ collapses the lithium carbonate refining flow sheet, reducing these costs to enable a sustainable, on-shore supply of battery raw materials. CTO HONOURED WITH 2025 R.U LEMIEUX AWARD. Founder and Chief Technology Officer, Professor Jason Hein, has been granted the prestigious 2025 R.U. Lemieux Award by the Chemical Institute of Canada. This award recognizes Professor Hein's contributions to organic chemistry and his pioneering research into reaction mechanisms and process development. His recognition with the R.U. Lemieux Award is a testament to his impact on both academic and industrial chemistry. Dr. Hein continues to lead Telescope's technology development team to enhance advanced analytics, robotics, and artificial intelligence platforms for process chemistry. "This quarter's results reflect disciplined execution of our strategy and the strength of our partnerships," commented Henry Dubina, Telescope CEO. "By advancing our enabling technologies and deepening our industry presence, we're building lasting value in markets where innovation drives demand." Readers are encouraged to review the full financial statements and accompanying management discussion and analysis for the fiscal year ended February 28, 2025, both of which are available under the profile for the Company on SEDAR+ ( About Telescope Telescope is a chemical technology company developing scalable manufacturing processes and tools for the pharmaceutical and chemical industry. The Company builds and deploys new enabling technologies including flexible robotic platforms and artificial intelligence software that improves experimental throughput, efficiency, and data quality. Our aim is to bring modern chemical technology solutions to meet the most serious challenges in health and sustainability. On behalf of the Board, Telescope Innovations Corp. Henry Dubina, Chief Executive OfficerE: hdubina@ The CSE has neither approved nor disapproved the contents of this news release. 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