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☆ Webb telescope spies millions of stars in stunning spiral galaxies
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-01 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —The James Webb Space Telescope has captured scintillating portraits of 19 spiral galaxies — and the millions of stars that call them home — in unprecedented detail never seen before by astronomers. Astronomers believe that about 60% of all galaxies are spiral galaxies — and our solar system resides in one of the spiral arms of the Milky Way galaxy. Webb’s observations can help astronomers better understand star formation and the evolution of spiral galaxies like our own. The James Webb Space Telescope captured images of 19 spiral galaxies in near- and mid-infrared light. The images will be used to help astronomers determine the distribution of gas and dust in spiral galaxies, as well as how galaxies both nurture and cease the formation of stars.

Persons: James Webb, Janice Lee, Thomas Williams, ”, Webb’s, cocooned, Erik Rosolowsky, Webb, Rosolowsky, ” Webb, Adam Leroy, Eva Schinnerer, Max Planck, Leroy, ” Leroy Organizations: CNN, Telescope, James Webb Space, NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Hubble, Telescope Science, University of Alberta, Ohio State University, Max, Max Planck Institute, Astronomy Locations: Oxford, Chile, Baltimore, Edmonton, Columbus, Heidelberg, Germany

☆ Exclusive: Venezuela close to approving offshore gas license with Trinidad, Shell
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Curtis Williams | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

The installations of liquified natural gas producer Atlantic LNG are pictured in Point Fortin, Trinidad and Tobago, December 10, 2022. REUTERS/Andrea De Silva/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNov 20 (Reuters) - Venezuela is close to approving a license for Shell (SHEL.L) and the National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago to develop a promising offshore natural gas field and export its production to the Caribbean country, two people close to the matter said. The license could set in motion a long-running effort by Trinidad to boost its gas processing and petrochemical exports, while providing Venezuela with a much-needed extra source of cash. Venezuela, which holds Latin America's biggest gas reserves, and neighboring Trinidad, the region's largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) exporter, would complement each other's needs to produce and export gas. Trinidad and Tobago has the capacity to process 4.2 billion cubic feet per day (bcfd) into LNG, petrochemicals and power, but its gas production is about 2.7 bcfd.

Persons: Andrea De Silva, PDVSA, Stuart Young, Curtis William, Marianna Parraga, Marguerita Choy Organizations: Atlantic, REUTERS, Shell, National Gas Company, U.S, Trinidad's Energy, NGC, Thomson Locations: Point Fortin, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela, Caribbean, Trinidad, U.S, Venezuela's, Caracas, Trinidad ., Guiria, Houston

☆ Western lithium, graphite miners boost prices for ESG-friendly supply
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Ernest Scheyder | Thomson Reuters | Ernest Scheyder Is An Award-Winning Senior Correspondent Covering The Green Energy Transition | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsLOS ANGELES, Nov 17 (Reuters) - Western lithium and graphite miners have started charging the electric vehicle (EV) supply chain higher prices for their material, meeting demand for environmentally-friendly and consistent supply that is not linked to China. Lithium, the lightest metal, is used to make a battery's positively charged cathode and prized for its ability to store energy. Miners say the surcharges make investors more comfortable financing new projects, especially as Chinese rivals have been known to sell metals below prevailing market rates. Brazil's Sigma Lithium (SGML.V) has already begun selling its production at prices it says reflects its sustainability. The surcharge talk comes despite recent plunges in a range of lithium prices.

Persons: Ivan Alvarado, Patrice Boulanger, Shaun Verner, Amanda Hall, surcharges, Hugues Jacquemin, Ernest Scheyder, David Gregorio Our Organizations: REUTERS, Washington, China, EV, Panasonic Energy, Miners, Syrah Resources, Department of Energy, Tesla, ESG, Summit, Thomson Locations: Antofagasta region, Chile, China, Los Angeles, Brussels, Beijing, North America, United States, Louisiana, North, South America, Quebec

☆ Euclid telescope’s first images reveal new cosmic details
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Manav Tanneeru | Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

What Euclid’s first images revealEuclid focused on an array of targets for its first scientific images. While dark matter has never actually been detected, it is believed to make up 85% of the total matter in the universe. Both dark matter and dark energy also play a role in the distribution and movement of objects, such as galaxies and stars, across the cosmos. These observations will effectively allow Euclid to see how the universe has evolved over the past 10 billion years. “Euclid will make a leap in our understanding of the cosmos as a whole, and these exquisite Euclid images show that the mission is ready to help answer one of the greatest mysteries of modern physics,” said Carole Mundell, ESA Director of Science, in a statement.

Persons: James Webb, “, ”, René Laureijs, Euclid, Matthias Kluge, Max Planck, Ludwig Maximilian, Koshy George, Georges Lemaître, Edwin Hubble, Carole Mundell Organizations: CNN, European Space Agency, Perseus, Max, Max Planck Institute, Ludwig Maximilian University, Orion, Ludwig Locations: Garching, Munich, Alexandria

[1/2] Graphite powder, used for battery paste, is pictured in a Volkswagen pilot line for battery cell production in Salzgitter, Germany, May 18, 2022. REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsOct 20 (Reuters) - As China moved to control some exports of key battery mineral graphite on Friday, miners elsewhere face a race against time to bring new projects to fruition to secure supplies for the next generation of electric vehicles. To stay ahead in a fast-changing industry, carmakers have been investing directly in mining projects to ensure future supplies of the battery inputs. "We see China's move as a potential catalyst to highlight the urgency of improving domestic graphite supply," said John DeMaio, president of Graphex's graphene division. "We've aligned ourselves with several graphite miners outside of China.

Persons: Fabian Bimmer, Hugues Jacquemin, China's, John DeMaio, DeMaio, Stefan Bernstein, Graphite's Jacquemin, Shishir Poddar, Nelson Banya, Clara Denina, Divya Rajagopal, Ernest Scheyder, Veronica Brown, Elaine Hardcastle Organizations: Volkswagen, REUTERS, Graphex, HK, EV, GreenRoc, Thomson Locations: Salzgitter, Germany, China, Warren , Michigan, Greenland, Northern, Tirupati, Madagascar, Mozambique

The U.S. in January granted Venezuela's PDVSA, Shell and NGC a two-year authorization to revive the project, which could boost Trinidad and Tobago's gas processing and exports. Negotiations between the trio initially had progressed little over a U.S. demand that the proposed Dragon gas project exclude cash payments to Venezuela or its state companies. "Discussions on the Dragon project involving the governments of Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago and Shell are ongoing and commercially confidential," Shell told Reuters. PDVSA, Venezuela's oil ministry and Trinidad's energy ministry did not reply to requests for comment. A second could connect to Shell's Hibiscus field on Trinidad's side, allowing gas to flow to Trinidad, the people said.

Persons: Chris Helgren, Venezuela's PDVSA, Biden, PDVSA, Shell, Stuart Young, Nicolas Maduro, Keith Rowley, Trinidad's, Curtis Williams, Marianna Parraga, Timothy Gardner, Marguerita Choy Organizations: Shell, REUTERS, Rights, Tobago's National Gas Company, NGC, Reuters, Trinidad's Energy, U.S . Treasury, U.S . State Department, Trinidad's, U.S, Washington, Thomson Locations: Vancouver , British Columbia, Canada, Trinidad, U.S, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, Maduro, Guiria, Point Fortin, Houston, Washington

☆ Side-by-side images of a whirlpool galaxy show details NASA's James Webb telescope captured but Hubble missed
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-30 | by ( Ellie Zolfagharifard | Marianne Guenot | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The James Webb telescope captured an image of M51, a galaxy 27 million light-years away. An image of M51 – also known as NGC 5194 or the Whirlpool Galaxy – taken by the James Webb Telescope. NASA/ESA/JWSTAstronomers hope the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) will shed new light on how stars form in galaxies other than Milky Way. Before Webb came along, the Hubble telescope provided a glimpse of star formation in galaxies such as M51. Dark red regions show the cosmic dust that permeates the M51 galaxy in this zoomed in image from the James Webb telescope.

Persons: James Webb, Webb, JWST, Hubble Organizations: Service, Hubble, NASA, Whirlpool, Webb's, James, James Webb Telescope, ESA, James Webb Space, JWST, European Space Agency Locations: Wall, Silicon

☆ NASA's James Webb Space Telescope captures stunning image of the wreckage of 2 galaxies crashing into each other
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-05 | by ( Marianne Guenot | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The James Webb Space Telescope continues to impress with its unprecedented views of the universe. A new picture shows the wreckage of two galaxies crashing into each other. A gif shows a picture taken by the Hubble and James Webb space telescopes of the collision. That led to "an enormous burst of star formation," the European Space Agency (ESA) said in a statement about the image. These are clearly visible in the JWST image, shining brightly in orange and red.

Persons: James Webb Space, —, James Webb, JWST, Webb, Evans Organizations: Service, NASA, James Webb Space, Hubble, ESA, CSA, European Space Agency

☆ Webb telescope captures galaxy 20 million light-years away
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-06 | by ( Jackie Wattles | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —The James Webb Space Telescope set its sights on a galaxy 20 million light-years away, capturing a dazzling star-forming galaxy in images streaked with the signature of passing asteroids. A bright band in the upper left corner of the images shows the bright, bar-shaped center of the galaxy, according to a NASA news release. The NGC 5068 galaxy is a barred spiral galaxy, the same type as our home Milky Way. These new snapshots of NGC 5068 add to a growing repository of data on areas of the observable universe where stars are born. This image shows the NGC 5068 galaxy as captured by the James Webb Space Telescope's MIRI instrument.

Persons: James Webb, Webb Organizations: CNN, NASA, Hubble, ESA, CSA, Phantom, European Space Agency, Canadian Space Agency Locations: Webb, Chile, MIRI

☆ New image from the James Webb Space Telescope shows thousands upon thousands of stars in a galaxy 17 million light years away
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-04 | by ( Jessica Orwig | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The James Webb Space Telescope snapped a new image of a galaxy 17 million light-years away. And that's exactly what you're seeing here, in this new image from Webb of the galaxy NGC 5068. In fact, NGC 5068 is just one in a series of other galaxies Webb is observing for a project to help us better understand star formation. SchmidtThe James Webb Space Telescope has the advantage of seeing in the infrared. "By observing the formation of stars in nearby galaxies, astronomers hope to kick-start major scientific advances with some of the first available data from Webb," NASA said.

Persons: James Webb, —, Webb, Lee, That's, Schmidt Organizations: Service, Telescope, Local, NASA, ESA, CSA, Harvard Smithsonian, James Webb Space, JWST Locations: Webb

☆ NASA released stunning new space images by combining the visual powers of the James Webb Space Telescope and Chandra X-ray Observatory
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-29 | by ( Jacob Zinkula | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The images were enhanced using data from the James Webb Space Telescope and the Chandra X-ray Observatory. The images were made possible by data collected from the Chandra X-Ray Observatory, the James Webb Space Telescope, and the Hubble Space Telescope. "The Chandra data also reveal young, hot, and massive stars that send powerful winds outward from their surfaces," NASA said. The beautiful spiral galaxy NGC 1672 shows off its black holes and neutron starsNGC 1672 is a spiral galaxy about 60 million light-years from Earth. "Webb outlines gas and dust in the infrared while Chandra data spotlights high-energy activity from stars at X-ray wavelengths," NASA said.

☆ Photos released by NASA show once-invisible spiral galaxies and a first look at star formation
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-18 | by ( Kenneth Niemeyer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

Researchers at NASA used infrared wavelengths to take three photos of galaxies, "getting their first look at star formation, gas, and dust in nearby galaxies with unprecedented resolution." The Webb telescope’s images of NGC 1433, NGC 7496 & NGC 1365 reveal the galaxies' networks of gas and dust in extraordinary detail. This data is part of an ongoing Webb survey of 19 spiral galaxies. NASANASA researchers used the James Webb Telescope to capture the images, according to a news release. The first Webb telescope photo shows "a gray spiral galaxy with a bright white, circular core," according to NASA.

☆ Pitch Decks That Advertising Tech Startups Used to Raise Millions
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-10 | by ( Business Insider | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +19 min

Check out these pitch decks that they've used to sell their vision and raise millions from private equity and VC investors. Blocking ad fraudAdtech startup Lunio, announced a $15 million Series A funding round in September 2022. In May 2022, the software-as-a-service startup raised a $30 million Series B round, led by Insight Partners. Marketing in the metaverseAnima, an augmented-reality startup, raised a $3 million funding round from investors in Janury. He raised $50 million in Series D after closing a $34 million Series C last year, bringing its total raised to $100 million.

☆ Read the pitch deck Anima, an augmented-reality startup, used to raise $3 million
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-15 | by ( Marta Biino | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

An augmented-reality startup called Anima announced a $3 million funding round. Anima shared 15 pages of the pitch deck it used to convince investors. Anima plans to offer the technology to allow creators to bring 3D assets into AR and easily view and interact with their creations. Examples of augmented-reality art on Anima include this mirror sculpture on a beach. Anima gave Insider an exclusive look at 15 slides from the pitch deck it used to raise $3 million.

If approved, its gas could restart an idled liquefaction train with a 500 million cubic feet per day (cf/d) capacity at Trinidad's flagship Atlantic LNG project. The facility is a venture mainly including Shell (SHEL.L), BP and state-owned National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago (NGC). YEARS OF WORK AHEADTrinidad is Latin America's largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) exporter, with installed capacity to process 4.2 billion cf/d into LNG, petrochemicals and power. Even if Washington granted Trinidad's request, it could take years of investment and development to bring Venezuelan gas to Trinidad and boost LNG to Europe. That project follows an amended production sharing contract for the Manatee gas field in Trinidad, which extends to Venezuela's Loran field.

☆ Trinidad gets to work on design of small LNG hub to feed the Caribbean
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/IllustrationPORT OF SPAIN, Oct 27 (Reuters) - Trinidad and Tobago's state-owned gas company has started work on designing a small-scale liquefied natural gas (LNG) hub that could help the Caribbean move away from oil-based power generation, the firm told Reuters. LNG producers in Trinidad have ramped up supplies to Europe this year amid buoyant demand and high prices. LNG to be handled by the plant will be sourced from the Atlantic LNG project. NGC said it will continue selling the fuel to customers in other regions and will evaluate the feasibility of LNG shipments via ISO containers that can be loaded onto feeder ships, or via small LNG carriers if economical. For shipments via LNG carriers, regasification terminals will be required at destinations.

☆ In its first 100 days, the James Webb telescope peered deep into space, took beauty shots of faraway galaxies and glittering nebula, and saw a spacecraft slam into an asteroid
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-19 | by ( Paola Rosa-Aquino | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

In its first 100 days of observation, Webb has captured mind-blowing images, reaching astonishing cosmic distances. Webb captured violent interactions in a star system more than 5,000 light years awayWebb captured a series of 17 concentric dust rings spawned by the Wolf-Rayet 140 binary system. Webb took a 'deep field' image that filled astronomers with wonderThe James Webb Space Telescope's first deep field infrared image, released on July 11, 2022. Webb captured detailed views of the king of our solar system – JupiterWide-field view of Jupiter, captured by Webb. Webb snapped a beauty shot of the Carina NebulaThe star-forming region NGC 3324 in the Carina Nebula, captured in infrared by Webb.

☆ The James Webb Space Telescope is astronomy's shiny new toy, but the Hubble Space Telescope isn't old news — it's at its scientific peak
▼ + stars: | 2022-08-28 | by ( Paola Rosa-Aquino | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Since its launch in 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope has made revolutionary achievements in astronomy. The new James Webb Space Telescope is popular, but Hubble has skills, like capturing visible and ultraviolet light, that Webb doesn't. "The Webb Space Telescope is good news for astronomy, and good news for the Hubble Space Telescope as well, since Webb and Hubble enhance and complement each other's unique capabilities," Jennifer Wiseman, senior project scientist for the Hubble Space Telescope at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, told Insider. A globular cluster NGC 6540 in the constellation Sagittarius, which was captured by the Hubble Space Telescope. A deep field image from the Hubble space telescope, left, and a deep field image from the James Webb Space Telescope, right.

☆ Открытие сверхновой нового типа проливает свет на средневековую тайну
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-18 | by ( Mld Media Srl | ) noi.md time to read: +5 min

Международная группа астрономов под руководством ученых Калифорнийского университета в Санта-Барбаре из обсерватории Лас-Кумбрес обнаружила первое убедительное свидетельство нового типа сверхновых – сверхновой с захватом электронов. Открытие, опубликованное в журнале Nature Astronomy, также проливает новый свет на тысячелетнюю тайну сверхновой звезды 1054 года нашей эры, которая была видна во всем мире в дневное время, прежде чем в конечном итоге превратилась в Крабовидную туманность. В сверхновой с захватом электронов некоторые электроны в ядре кислород-неон-магний врезаются в свои атомные ядра в процессе, называемом захватом электронов. Это удаление электронов заставляет ядро звезды прогибаться под собственным весом и коллапсировать, что приводит к сверхновой с захватом электронов. Новое открытие также проливает свет на некоторые загадки самой известной сверхновой звезды прошлого.

Persons: , , Златовласки, Кеничи Номото Organizations: Калифорнийский университет, Токийский университет, Хаббл Locations: сантабарбара, ЛасКумбрес, Крабовидная, Солнце, Млечное Путь

☆ Астрономы обнаружили загадочные вспышки сверхъяркого рентгеновского источника
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-06 | by ( Mld Media Srl | ) noi.md time to read: +1 min

Итальянские астрономы обнаружили необычную активность сверхъяркого рентгеновского источника NGC 4559 X7, располагающегося на расстоянии 29 миллионов световых лет от Земли. Известно, что в ней находятся два ярких источника рентгеновских лучей: X7 и X10. Астрономы построили кривую блеска NGC 4559 X7. Кроме того, в момент максимальной светимости объекта ученые наблюдали вспышечную активность, чего ранее не наблюдалось для этого Х7. По словам ученых, загадочные вспышки сверхъяркого рентгеновского источника (ULX) не могут быть объяснены только одним механизмом.

Persons: NuSTAR, Chandra Swift Locations: XMM, Земля, Волосы Вероника

☆ На Землю обрушилось излучение колоссального взрыва из другой галактики
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-16 | by ( Mld Media Srl | ) noi.md time to read: +1 min

Астрономы зафиксировали колоссальный выброс энергии, который произвел магнетар (нейтронная звезда, обладающая исключительно сильным магнитным полем) в другой галактике. До Солнечной системы выброс энергии добрался в виде короткого гамма-всплеска. Сначала гамма-всплеск зафиксировал Mars Odyssey, через 6,6 минуты сработал детектор на Wind, а спустя 4,5 секунды излучение обрушилось на Землю. Импульс, вызванный событием в галактике NGC 253, находящейся на расстоянии 11,4 миллиона световых лет, длился 140 миллисекунд. Спиральная галактика NGC 253, открытая в XVIII веке, среди астрономов известна как галактика Скульптор, или Серебряная Монета.

Persons: Скульптор Locations: Земля, Марс, Солнце

☆ (foto) „Cap de Maimuță”. Unul dintre cei mai mari astronomi români a captat o fotografie astrală rară și spectaculoasă
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-28 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: 1 min

(foto) „Cap de Maimuță”. Unul dintre cei mai mari astronomi români a captat o fotografie astrală rară și spectaculoasăCel mai mare astronom român, originar din Galați, Ciprian Vîntdevară, a realizat o fotografie astrală rară, inedită și spectaculoasă. NGC 2174 sau „Cap de Maimuță”, este o nebuloasă de emisie, situată la aproximativ 6400 ani lumină distanță, în dreptul constelației Orion de pe cerul de iarnă. Este o regiune bogată în hidrogen ionizat, locul unde se formează noi stele, posibil și planete. Imaginea a fost realizată în noaptea de 24 spre 25 noiembrie 2020, de la Observatorul Astronomic al Muzeului „Vasile Pârvan” Bârlad.

Persons: Ciprian Vîntdevară, Vasile Pârvan Locations: român, Galați, Bârlad

☆ Из пустоты. Самые загадочные и недоступные места Вселенной на снимках телескопа «Хаббл»
▼ + stars: | 2020-01-06 | by ( ) newsmd.md time to read: +6 min

«Захватывающая Спираль»Фото: Space Telescope Science Institute Office of Public Outreach, NASA, ESA, and Judy SchmidtЭтот снимок спиральной галактики М100 снят на «Широкоугольную камеру 3», установленную на телескопе «Хаббл» в 2009 году. «Звездный Панцирь»Фото: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team, STScI/AURAНа снимке запечатлена сфера SNR 0509-67.5 — остаток сверхновой, вспыхнувшей около 400 лет назад. «Уравнивание Шансов»Фото: NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage, STScI/AURA, & W. Keel, University of AlabamaЭтот снимок парных перекрывающихся галактик NGC 3314 был получен в 2012 году. «Небесный Смайлик»Фото: NASA, ESA, Judy SchmidtВ центре этого кадра находятся две слабые галактики, которые, кажется, образуют смайлик (или голову снеговика). «Близкий Контакт»Фото: NASA, ESA and the Hubble Heritage Team, STScI / AURAНа этом снимке «Хаббла» 2013 года изображены две взаимодействующие галактики.

Persons: Judy Schmidt, Livio, Hubble, Garrelt Mellema, Keel, Smith, Padgett, GSFC, Arp, Holland, Хербига — Аро, Конус Organizations: NASA, Hubble Heritage, ESA, Telescope Science Institute, Public Outreach, Garrelt, Leiden University, Hubble, University of Alabama, STScI, University of California, University of Toledo, University of Hawaii, Holland Ford, JHU, ACS, Team, NASA, Хаббл, ESA, М100, ESA & Garrelt Mellema, Leiden University, & W. Keel, University of Alabama, Judy Schmidt, N. Smith, University of California, Berkeley, NASA / ESA, ESA / Hubble & NASA, D. Padgett, GSFC, T. Megeath, University of Toledo, and B. Reipurth, University of Hawaii, Близкий Контакт, Хаббла, Holland Ford (JHU) Locations: Berkeley, Земля, Млечное Пути, Солнце, Киль, Большое Магелланово Облако, Красный Паук, Стрелец, Яйцо, Облаке Орион

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