Tuesday, 21 August, 2018

The Most Advanced Universe Model To Date

The Most Advanced Universe Model To Date

Posted on Saturday, 3 February, 2018 by Zheluo Cai

The Most Advanced Universe Model To Date.

Novel computational methods have helped create the most information-packed universe-scale simulation ever produced. The new tool provides fresh insights into how black holes influence the distribution of dark matter, how heavy elements are produced and distributed throughout the cosmos, and where magnetic fields originate. Led by principal investigator Volker Springel at the Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies, astrophysicists from the Max Planck Institutes for Astronomy (MPIA, Heidelberg) and Astrophysics (MPA, Garching), Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and the Flatiron Institute’s Center for Computational Astrophysics (CCA) developed and programmed the new universe simulation model, dubbed Illustris: The Next Generation, or IllustrisTNG. Mapping out the ways galaxies evolve in the simulation offers a glimpse of what our own Milky Way galaxy might have been like when the Earth formed and how our galaxy could change in the future, he says. Credit: Simons Foundation, 31 January 2018.

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The Color of IC 1795.
Image Credit & Copyright: Bob and Janice Fera (Fera Photography). This cosmic portrait features glowing gas and obscuring dust clouds in IC 1795, also catalogued as NGC 896, a star-forming region in the northern constellation Cassiopeia. The narrow filter transmits only H-alpha light, the red light of hydrogen atoms ionized by ultraviolet light from energetic young stars. Not far on the sky from the famous Double Star Cluster in Perseus, IC 1795 is itself located next to IC 1805, the Heart Nebula, as part of a complex of star-forming regions that lie at the edge of a large molecular cloud. Located just over 6,000 light-years away, the larger star-forming complex sprawls along the Perseus spiral arm of our Milky Way Galaxy. This picture would span about 70 light-years across IC 1795.

NASA to Host Media Briefing on Mission to Return Asteroid Sample to Earth Monday, 20 August, 2018
NASA will host a media teleconference at 2 p.m. EDT Friday, Aug. 24, to provide an update on upcoming activities related to the agency’s first mission to return a sample of an asteroid to Earth.
NASA Hosts Live Science Chat: One Year After Eclipse 2017 Monday, 20 August, 2018
On the one-year anniversary of the historic 2017 Eclipse Across America, NASA will host a Science Chat at 10:30 a.m. EDT, Tuesday, Aug. 21, to discuss new science data and the public impact of the celestial event experienced by millions.

The Pataxó are an indigenous people in Bahia, Brazil with a population of about 11,800 individuals. They once spoke the Pataxó language, but now speak Portuguese. They depend on their land for their survival but it is being stolen from them in the pursuit of profit. With the external factor of tourism pressure and the internal factor of the group to see themselves as an authentic people, the Pataxó reinvented their language, the Patxohã (it has a Portuguese grammatical structure and a Maxakali vocabulary). Body paintings they were not using at the beginning of the nineteenth century were reintroduced.

$4.5 million urgently needed in Gaza Strip to prevent life-saving services from shutting down Monday, 20 August, 2018
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country: occupied Palestinian territory The Humanitarian Coordinator for the oPt is calling on donors to immediately fund the procurement of emergency fuel. “We have now run out of funds and are delivering the final supplies in the next few days," he said.Gaza, 20 August 2018 Today, […]
Latest humanitarian snapshot highlights flooding in India, Viet Nam, Thailand, and Laos Monday, 20 August, 2018
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country: Afghanistan, India, Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic (the), Thailand, Viet Nam As of 19 August, flooding in India's Kerala state has caused 361 deaths and displaced 725,000 people. Cyclone Bebinca caused flooding in Viet Nam, Thailand, and Laos. INDIA As of 19 August, the worst […]

The national flag of Mauritius, also known as the Four Bands and Les Quatre Bandes, was adopted upon independence, March 12, 1968. It consists of four horizontal bands of equal width, coloured (from top to bottom) red, blue, yellow, and green. Red represents the struggle for freedom and independence.n Blue represents the Indian Ocean, in the middle of which Mauritius is situated. Yellow represents the new light of independence. Green represents the agriculture of Mauritius and its colour throughout the 12 months of the year.

Mali - Level 4: Do Not Travel Monday, 13 August, 2018
Do not travel to Mali due to crime and terrorism. Violent crime, such as kidnapping and armed robbery, is common in the regions of northern and central Mali. Violent crime is a particular concern during local holidays and seasonal events in Bamako, its suburbs, and Mali’s southern regions. Roadblocks and random police checkpoints are commonplace […]
Bolivia - Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions Thursday, 9 August, 2018
Exercise normal precautions in Bolivia. Read the Safety and Security section on the country information page. If you decide to travel to Bolivia: Enroll in the Smart Traveler Enrollment Program (STEP) to receive Alerts and make it easier to locate you in an emergency. Follow the Department of State on Facebook and Twitter. Review the […]

Known as “the prehistoric Sistine Chapel,” the Lascaux Caves, a cave complex in southwestern France, contain some of the most remarkable palaeolithic cave paintings in the world, from at least 15,000 years ago. The cave was discovered on 12 September 1940 by four teenagers, Marcel Ravidat, Jacques Marsal, Georges Agnel, and Simon Coencas, as well as Ravidat’s dog, Robot. Public access was made easier after World War II. By 1955, the carbon dioxide produced by 1,200 visitors per day had visibly damaged the paintings. The cave was closed to the public in 1963 in order to preserve the art.

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