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martincid.com > science > black-hole-jets-universal-eddington-limit

Black hole jets switch on at 2% of maximum feeding — every size, same rule

8+ hour, 16+ min ago   (433+ words) Something switches on inside a black hole when its feeding rate drops to exactly 2% of maximum. At that precise fraction — identical whether the black hole is ten times the mass of the Sun or a billion times heavier — a jet…...


miragenews.com > rebellious-exoplanet-orbits-star-in-reverse-1747718

Rebellious Exoplanet Orbits Star in Reverse Direction

11+ hour, 4+ min ago   (199+ words) Using the NIRPS infrared spectrograph, an international team led by UNIGE was able to identify the unique orbit of the exoplanet GJ 3090 b. A star and its planets form when a cloud of gas and dust collapses in on itself somewhere…...


migflug.com > afterburner > fr > ghost-r-northrop-true-anomaly-geo-reconnaissance-satellites-2026

GHOST-R: Pentagon Picks Northrop and True Anomaly

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (692+ words) by Joseph Duncan | Sep 20, 2026 | Aviation militaire, Nouvelles | 0 comments On 18 September the Defense Innovation Unit announced that Northrop Grumman and True Anomaly will build prototype satellites for GHOST-R — GEO High-Resolution Optical Space-Based Tactical Reconnaissance. The job is to manoeuvre around geosynchronous…...


miragenews.com > apod-2026-september-21-cocoon-nebula-wide-field-1747644

APOD: 2026 September 21 - Cocoon Nebula Wide Field

13+ hour, 28+ min ago   (238+ words) Mirage News Astronomy Picture of the Day Explanation: When does a nebula look like a comet? In this crowded starfield covering over two degrees within the high-flying constellation of the Swan (Cygnus), the eye is drawn to the Cocoon Nebula....


martincid.com > science > jwst-ic-348-brown-dwarfs-two-jupiter-masses

JWST found brown dwarfs at 2 Jupiter masses and a molecule no model predicted

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (448+ words) Brown dwarfs were supposed to have a floor. The objects that fall between planets and stars — too massive to be planets, too small to sustain the hydrogen fusion that makes a star burn — were thought to require at least a…...


blockchain.news > ainews > anthropic-taps-accenture-as-embedded-evaluator

Anthropic Taps Accenture as Embedded Evaluator | AI News Detail

3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (216+ words) According to @CNBC, Anthropic chose Accenture as its first embedded evaluator to implement Amodei’s slowdown plan, enhancing model testing and governance. Anthropic has chosen Accenture as the first embedded evaluator to support implementation of Dario Amodei's slowdown proposal for responsible…...


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Anantara Marks International Astronomy Day by Spotlighting the Guardians of the Maldivian Night

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (412+ words) In observance of International Astronomy Day on 19 September, Anantara Hotels & Resorts celebrates the preservation of our planet?s dark skies by spotlighting the resident SKY Edhurus at Anantara Kihavah Maldives Villas. As astronomers and storytellers, their mission to bring the…...


eurekalert.org > multimedia > 1151310

SIMP 0136 [IMAGE] | EurekAlert! Science News Releases

5+ day, 10+ hour ago   (31+ words) SIMP 0136 (IMAGE) eurekalert.org An artistic depiction of SIMP 0136. Dr Evert Nasedkin, Trinity College Dublin. More on this News Release Scientists discover how to decode weather on faraway, deep-space worlds...


migflug.com > afterburner > tercom-dsmac-cruise-missile-navigation-gps-denied

TERCOM and DSMAC: Cruise Missile Navigation

5+ day, 10+ hour ago   (1365+ words) by Max Grünwald | Sep 16, 2026 | Aviation World, Military Aviation | 0 comments A Tomahawk leaves a destroyer’s deck, climbs, settles down to a few hundred feet and flies for up to 1,600 kilometres (870 miles) at 880 km/h (550 mph). At the end of that, it…...