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Space & Cosmos
A close look at solar fires: Newly analyzed data provides high-resolution views of the entire solar disk for the first time
Solar surface in visible light, constructed from data from Solar Orbiter’s instrument PHI on March 22, 2023. Credit: ESA&NASA/Solar Orbiter/PHI Team The entire solar disk in unprecedented detail. This is illustrated by images of the visible surface of the Sun. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research created it from 25 individual images taken by the ESA…
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Physics
Ytterbium thin disk laser paves the way for sensitive detection of air pollutants
Optical parametric oscillator pump with ytterbium thin plate laser. Credit: APL Photonics (2024). DOI: 10.1063/5.0230388 Along with carbon dioxide, methane is the main cause of global warming. To accurately detect and monitor climate pollutants in the atmosphere, scientists at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light (MPL) have developed advanced laser technology. A high-power ytterbium thin disk laser…
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Science
Researchers claim to have discovered the oldest stellar disk in the Milky Way
We compare Milky Way observations and TNG50 simulations and scale height-to-height ratios as a function of age. Credit: Nature Astronomy (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41550-024-02382-w A team of astronomers and astrophysicists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the University of Toronto has discovered what may be the oldest stellar disk in the Milky Way. In their study, reported in the journal…
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