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Incredible New Webb Telescope Image of Neptune Captures Never Seen Ring Details

Lead Image: Webb’s Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) image of Neptune, taken on July 12, 2022, brings the planet’s rings into full focus for the first time in more than three decades. The most prominent features of Neptune’s atmosphere in this image are a series of bright patches in the planet’s southern hemisphere that represent high-altitude methane-ice clouds. More subtly, a thin line of brightness circling the planet’s equator could be a visual signature of global atmospheric circulation that powers Neptune’s winds and storms. Additionally, for the first time, Webb has teased out a continuous band of high-latitude clouds surrounding a previously-known…

“Mind-Blowing” Hot Gas Bubble Detected Zipping Around the Milky Way’s Supermassive Black Hole

Astronomers have spotted signs of a ‘hot spot’ orbiting Sagittarius A*, the black hole at the center of our galaxy. Astronomers have spotted signs of a ‘hot spot’ orbiting Sagittarius A*, the black hole at the center of our galaxy, using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA). The finding helps us better understand the enigmatic and dynamic environment of our supermassive black hole. “We think we’re looking at a hot bubble of gas zipping around Sagittarius A* on an orbit similar in size to that of the planet Mercury, but making a full loop in just around 70 minutes. This…

Scientists Discover a Surprising Link Between Religious Beliefs and Sexual Satisfaction

Lead Image: The study also found that having many lifetime sexual partners was associated with lower sexual satisfaction. A new study links stronger religious beliefs to high levels of sexual satisfaction. According to recent research, higher levels of sexual satisfaction are associated with stronger religious beliefs. Researchers discovered that people who perceive religion as significant in their lives had less sex – driven by abstinence among those who do not live with a partner – but are happier with their sex life overall. According to the study, having many or no lifetime sexual partners is linked to lower levels of sexual…

This Blood Stem Cell Research Could Change Medicine of the Future

Lead Image: The microfluidic device that emulated an embryo’s heartbeat and blood circulation. The cell seeding channels are indicated by red food dye, while the heart ventricular contraction control channels and circulation valve control channels are indicated by blue and green food dye respectively. Credit: Jingjing Li, UNSW Sydney New discoveries about embryonic blood stem cell creation made independently by biomedical engineers and medical researchers at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) Sydney could one day eliminate the need for blood stem cell donors. These achievements are part of a move in regenerative medicine towards the use of ‘induced…

Listen to Space Rocks Crash Into Mars – Recorded by NASA’s InSight Lander

Lead Image: NASA’s InSight lander has detected seismic waves from four space rocks that crashed on Mars. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona NASA’s InSight “Hears” Its First Meteoroid Impacts on Mars SEIS, the Mars lander’s seismometer, has picked up vibrations from four separate impacts in the past two years. NASA’s InSight lander has detected seismic waves from four space rocks that crashed on Mars in 2020 and 2021. These represent the first impacts detected by the spacecraft’s seismometer since InSight touched down on the Red Planet in 2018. In fact, it also marks the first time seismic and acoustic waves from…