In The News: Department of Physics and Astronomy

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More than three years after April 28, 2020, an international team of scientists reports the outcome of the observations made with the Chinese Fast radio telescope of the first galactic fast radio burst, reporting that they have discovered a radio pulsar phase of the magnetar that emitted it . Flashes and pulses, therefore, with different characteristics but originating from the same object, the magnetar.

AZoQuantum

Black holes are known to be highly puzzling objects with features that sound like they come directly from a sci-fi movie.

SciTechDaily

A spectacular new image released by the European Southern Observatory (ESO) gives us clues about how planets as massive as Jupiter could form. Using ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) and the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), researchers have detected large dusty clumps, close to a young star, that could collapse to create giant planets.

Muy Interesante

A spectacular image of a star system 5,000 light-years from Earth could explain how giant planets are born.

Boston Globe

Re “Titan submersible implosion: another safety lesson learned through tragedy” (Editorial, June 24): Despite our ability to adapt and our incredible intelligence, humans can’t live in the extreme conditions of the deep ocean. The use of an experimental submersible that was not tested with the full rigor necessary to operate it as a commercial vessel should never have been allowed.

South China Morning Post

For the first time, an international team caught a rapidly spinning pulsar that had just finished snacking on its companion star and was ready to destroy it with strong wind and radiation.

KSNV-TV: News 3

Questions still remain after a missing Titanic submersible suffered a 'catastrophic implosion' and left five people dead.

Newswise

All stories start somewhere – even the incomprehensibly vast expanse above us has a beginning. Scientists have long studied the cosmos, searching for answers to the “how’s” and “why’s” of life, and that effort continues to this day.

MSN

The report of an alien sighting at a Las Vegas home made headlines around the world. The reported sighting was triggered when a mysterious fireball was seen falling from the sky. That's when numerous calls came to 911 with one Las Vegas caller claiming an alien was in their backyard. Astrophysicist Jason Steffen says it was a meteor, not a spaceship, and it probably landed in the ocean. Inside Edition's Jim Moret returned to the Las Vegas home that reportedly spotted the aliens.

Inside Edition

The report of an alien sighting at a Las Vegas home made headlines around the world. The reported sighting was triggered when a mysterious fireball was seen falling from the sky. That's when numerous calls came to 911 with one Las Vegas caller claiming an alien was in their backyard. Astrophysicist Jason Steffen says it was a meteor, not a spaceship, and it probably landed in the ocean.

Popular Mechanics

To reverse signals in time, we’ve always used a digital approach. Now, a new analog method could dramatically improve wireless communications.

USA Today

The claim: Radar technology wouldn’t work if the Earth was a globe. Our rating: False.