bubbles

Extending high above and below the Milky Way's galactic plane, a pair of huge, symmetrical blobs of gas stretch out like the lobes of a cosmic hourglass, glowing faintly with an X-ray radiance.They're known as eROSITA bubbles, named after the X-ray telescope that spotted them in 2020, and are located in the Milky Way's massive shell of gas, or 'circumgalactic medium', extending some 45,661 light-years either side of the galactic center.The energetic gasses making up the bubbles were assumed to have a fairly even, if…

Image via Walt Disney Pictures Disney’s beloved tale of a very special Ohana is getting a reboot as Lilo & Stitch has been announced as the latest project from the House of Mouse to get the live-action treatment. Debuting in 2002, we first met Lilo and Stitch alongside Nani, Cobra Bubbles, Jumba, Pleakley, and more as the unlikely friends began forming a bond that would change the lives of everyone around them. With the news of a reboot comes new casting choices, and as fans have begun learning who is…

Image via Walt Disney Any live-action adaptation of a beloved animated Disney classic will rub certain fans of the original the wrong way, no matter how good it promises to be. Disney’s resurrection of Lilo & Stitch in particular, though, has caused a nasty case of razor burn, one which doesn’t seem to be soothed by the recent casting announcement of Courtney B. Vance as the fan-favorite character Cobra Bubbles.  It was previously assumed that Cobra Bubbles was axed from the movie after actress Jolene…

The compact radio jet in the center of the Teacup galaxy blows a lateral turbulent wind in the cold dense gas, as predicted by the simulations. Credit: HST/ ALMA/ VLA/ M. Meenakshi/ D. Mukherjee/ A. AudibertA study led by Anelise Audibert, a researcher at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), reveals a process that explains the peculiar morphology of the central region of the Teacup galaxy, a massive quasar located 1.3 billion light-years away from us. This object is characterized by the presence of expanding…

Imagine you have a microscope that would let you see a single atom up close. Let's say it's a hydrogen atom, the smallest kind. Zoom in past the single electron orbiting at the outskirts, and you'll find the nucleus—in this case a lone proton. High school physics would have you believe that inside this proton you'll find a simple triad of three fundamental particles called quarks—two up quarks and one down quark. But the reality inside a proton is so much more complex that physicists are still trying to figure out its…

A new paywalled report by Financial Times (via 9to5Mac) shows that Gen Z is key to Apple’s dominance. According to the publication, those born after 1996 account for one-third of all iPhone sales in the US. While all other generations are almost split between iPhone and Android phones, Gen Z is all about the iPhone, as they fear being “the green bubble guy” in group chats. Samsung, for example, only accounts for 10% of smartphones sold for this generation. The publication highlights how the blue bubble vs.…

On a hot day in the Australian outback, a koala hugs the cool branches of a eucalypt, while a wombat hides underground in its burrow, and a kangaroo spits on its wrists to chill its blood vessels. Nearer the coast, a fur seal on the rocks pees on its flippers.The echidna is different. It doesn't sweat, pant, lick, or urinate on itself to cool down. But what it can do is blow wet bubbles of snot out of its nose. And that skill has been seriously under-appreciated.Researchers at Curtin University in Australia have shown…

Short-beaked echidnas may be one of nature’s strangest looking creatures. Resembling a pug-size hedgehog with the schnoz of an anteater, they are one of only five living species of monotreme, that rare mammal that lays eggs. They’re also encased in a coat of stiff spines and lack the ability to sweat—features that should kill them in the scorching deserts of Australia they call home. Now, a team of scientists has discovered some of the strategies the echidna…

A new study reveals information about mysterious radio bubbles surrounding a supermassive black hole. Credit: NASA Chandra X Ray Observatory & the NSF’s Green Bank ObservatoryAstronomers Reveal Secrets to Burping Black Hole with the Green Bank TelescopeThe National Science Foundation’s Green Bank Telescope (GBT) has revealed new information about mysterious radio bubbles surrounding a supermassive <span class="glossaryLink" aria-describedby="tt" data-cmtooltip="<div…

When the Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope entered low-Earth orbit in 2008, it opened our eyes to a whole new Universe of high-energy radiation.One of its more curious discoveries was the Fermi Bubbles: giant, symmetrical blobs extending above and below the galactic plane, 25,000 light-years on each side from the Milky Way's center, glowing in gamma-ray light – the highest energy wavelength ranges on the electromagnetic spectrum.Then, in 2020, an X-ray telescope named eROSITA found another surprise: even bigger bubbles…