25 July 2016
Supernova "Matryoshka" Discovered in Local Group
... Fariña (IAC) According to John Beckman, one of the co-authors of the paper, "This phenomenon allows to explore the interstellar medium in a unique way, we can measure how much matter there is in a shell, approximately a couple of hundred times the...
18 January 2017
The unusual tails of a pulsar give a clue as to what type of pulse it generates
... back into long tails as the pulsar ploughs through the interstellar medium. "This is one of the nicest results of ... place at the intersection of a pulsar wind and the interstellar material. Although the explanation for the geometry of Geminga's tails...
19 April 2024
A Traveler’s Guide to the Stars
... out of the box”. But his work for NASA on an interstellar propulsion project was a revelation in that he “came to believe... F=ma and E=mc2). The book’s eight chapters introduce interstellar travel, put it into historical context and discuss the design...
February 2016
Nuclear Flashlamps in Space
... technology, simply because we lack the ability to manipulate radio or optical transmissions of power great enough to detect over interstellar distances. In fact, that may not be so. We have had nuclear devices for 70 years but there was never...
March 2018
Exploring the extreme universe
... formation of stars through nuclear fusion reactions, towards the ejection of stellar debris into interstellar space via winds and supernova explosions. Interstellar gas, enriched with newly produced nuclei, will eventually cool down to form new...
November 2018
Being human in space
... cosmic art project ‘Music of the Spheres’. Concept from Dutch scientists and engineers for a resilient interstellar space vehicle constructed from a hollowed-out asteroid. Purposeful dissociation In cognitive-behavioural therapy there is a technique...
