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A new LoHi restaurant is feeling the heat from one of the city’s most prominent restaurateurs. My Neighbor Felix, the casual Mexican restaurant at 1801 Central St., sued its former executive general manager Kasie Curiel and her business Alma Fonda Fina on March 11 and requested a temporary restraining order. If approved, the restraining order would close Alma Fonda Fina for an undetermined period of time. A hearing will be held this Friday. Curiel worked at My Neighbor Felix for three years before she was terminated in…

Researchers using the ALMA observatory have detected water vapor in the disc around a young star, in a region where planets are likely forming. This discovery is pivotal because water is vital for life and plays a crucial role in planet formation. The findings reveal a substantial amount of water, suggesting its potential impact on the chemical composition of emerging planets. (Artist’s concept.) Credit: SciTechDaily.comWater vapor has been discovered in a planet-forming disc around a young star, revealing conditions…

Researchers have discovered evidence of suppressed star formation in a quasar-host galaxy, caused by the outflow of molecular gas. This finding marks a significant step in understanding galaxy evolution in the early Universe. Credit: SciTechDaily.comTheoretical predictions have been confirmed with the discovery of an outflow of molecular gas from a quasar when the Universe was less than a billion years old.A quasar is a compact region powered by a supermassive black hole located in the center of a massive galaxy. They are…

Astronomers have found early ring and spiral structures in young planetary disks, indicating that planet formation begins much earlier than previously thought. This groundbreaking discovery, revealed through ALMA data, challenges existing models of planet formation and suggests a much faster timeline for the emergence of planetary structures. (Artist’s concept.) Credit: SciTechDaily.comEarly Evolution of Planetary Disk Structures Seen for the First TimePlanet formation may occur much more rapidly than previously…

Lana Del Rey and Margaret Qualley make cameos in latest visual for Bleachers Bleachers have paired their new single “Alma Mater” — the latest single off their upcoming self-titled LP — with a new video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwgWo9dn3LY The Alex Lockett-directed video finds Jack Antonoff taking an evening drive through his native New Jersey, encountering the creatures of the night, including a saxophone-playing construction worker and a religious zealot with a “Kill Your Idols”…

A groundbreaking discovery has been made by astronomers who identified a swirling disk of material, akin to those surrounding infant stars in the Milky Way Galaxy feeding a young star situated in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a neighboring galaxy located 160,000 light-years away. Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), the largest Earth-based astronomical project comprising 66 antennas in Northern Chile, the research team led by Durham University scientist Anna McLeod observed the system designated…

Astronomers have discovered a rotating disk around a forming high-mass star in the Large Magellanic Cloud, marking the most distant such observation. This discovery, made using the ALMA observatory and detailed in Nature, reveals key differences in the star formation process in different galaxies, highlighting the lower dust and metal content in the Large Magellanic Cloud compared to our Milky Way. Credit: ESO/L. Calçada A groundbreaking discovery by astronomers reveals a rotating disk around a high-mass star in the…

This artist’s impression shows the HH 1177 system, which is located in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a neighboring galaxy of our own. The young and massive stellar object glowing in the center is collecting matter from a dusty disc while also expelling matter in powerful jets. This is the first time a disc around a young star — the type of disc identical to those forming planets in our own galaxy — has been discovered in another galaxy. Credit: ESO/M. Kornmesser Using the ALMA telescope, astronomers have detected a disc…

Artist’s impression of the triple protostars, IRAS 04239+2436. New research utilizing both observations and simulations has shed light on the formation of multi-star systems. Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)Researchers using ALMA and advanced simulations have clarified the formation of multi-star systems, identifying and explaining the role of “streamers” feeding developing protostars.New observations and simulations of three spiral arms of gas-feeding material to three protostars forming in a trinary system have clarified…

Dark matter fluctuations in the lens system MG J0414+0534. The whitish blue color represents the gravitationally lensed images observed by ALMA. The calculated distribution of dark matter is shown in orange; brighter regions indicate higher concentrations of dark matter and dark orange regions indicate lower concentrations. Credit: ALMA(ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), K. T. Inoue et al.A team of researchers has used the gravitational lensing of the MG J0414+0534 system, observed with ALMA, to map dark matter distribution in unprecedented…