The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: A Measurement of the Cosmic Microwave Background Power Spectra at 98 and 150 GHz. (arXiv:2007.07289v1 [astro-ph.CO]) <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Choi_S/0/1/0/all/0/1">Steve K. Choi</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Hasselfield_M/0/1/0/all/0/1">Matthew Hasselfield</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Ho_S/0/1/0/all/0/1">Shuay-Pwu Patty Ho</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Koopman_B/0/1/0/all/0/1">Brian Koopman</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Lungu_M/0/1/0/all/0/1">Marius Lungu</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Abitbol_M/0/1/0/all/0/1">Maximilian H. Abitbol</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Addison_G/0/1/0/all/0/1">Graeme E. Addison</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Ade_P/0/1/0/all/0/1">Peter A. R. Ade</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Aiola_S/0/1/0/all/0/1">Simone Aiola</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Alonso_D/0/1/0/all/0/1">David Alonso</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Amiri_M/0/1/0/all/0/1">Mandana Amiri</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Amodeo_S/0/1/0/all/0/1">Stefania Amodeo</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Angile_E/0/1/0/all/0/1">Elio Angile</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Austermann_J/0/1/0/all/0/1">Jason E. Austermann</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Baildon_T/0/1/0/all/0/1">Taylor Baildon</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Battaglia_N/0/1/0/all/0/1">Nick Battaglia</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Beall_J/0/1/0/all/0/1">James A. Beall</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Bean_R/0/1/0/all/0/1">Rachel Bean</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Becker_D/0/1/0/all/0/1">Daniel T. Becker</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Bond_J/0/1/0/all/0/1">J Richard Bond</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Bruno_S/0/1/0/all/0/1">Sarah Marie Bruno</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Calabrese_E/0/1/0/all/0/1">Erminia Calabrese</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Calafut_V/0/1/0/all/0/1">Victoria Calafut</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Campusano_L/0/1/0/all/0/1">Luis E. Campusano</a>, <aRead More →

The Atacama Cosmology Telescope: arcminute-resolution maps of 18,000 square degrees of the microwave sky from ACT 2008-2018 data combined with Planck. (arXiv:2007.07290v1 [astro-ph.IM]) <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Naess_S/0/1/0/all/0/1">Sigurd Naess</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Aiola_S/0/1/0/all/0/1">Simone Aiola</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Austermann_J/0/1/0/all/0/1">Jason E. Austermann</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Battaglia_N/0/1/0/all/0/1">Nick Battaglia</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Beall_J/0/1/0/all/0/1">James A. Beall</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Becker_D/0/1/0/all/0/1">Daniel T. Becker</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Bond_R/0/1/0/all/0/1">Richard J. Bond</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Calabrese_E/0/1/0/all/0/1">Erminia Calabrese</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Choi_S/0/1/0/all/0/1">Steve K. Choi</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Cothard_N/0/1/0/all/0/1">Nicholas F. Cothard</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Crowley_K/0/1/0/all/0/1">Kevin T. Crowley</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Darwish_O/0/1/0/all/0/1">Omar Darwish</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Datta_R/0/1/0/all/0/1">Rahul Datta</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Denison_E/0/1/0/all/0/1">Edward V. Denison</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Devlin_M/0/1/0/all/0/1">Mark Devlin</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Duell_C/0/1/0/all/0/1">Cody J. Duell</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Duff_S/0/1/0/all/0/1">Shannon M. Duff</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Duivenvoorden_A/0/1/0/all/0/1">Adriaan J. Duivenvoorden</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Dunkley_J/0/1/0/all/0/1">Jo Dunkley</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Dunner_R/0/1/0/all/0/1">Rolando D&#xfc;nner</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Fox_A/0/1/0/all/0/1">Anna E. Fox</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Gallardo_P/0/1/0/all/0/1">Patricio A. Gallardo</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Halpern_M/0/1/0/all/0/1">Mark Halpern</a>,Read More →

A simple, heuristic derivation of the Balescu-Lenard kinetic equation for stellar systems. (arXiv:2007.07291v1 [astro-ph.GA]) <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Hamilton_C/0/1/0/all/0/1">Chris Hamilton</a> (DAMTP, Cambridge) The unshielded nature of gravity means that stellar systems are inherently inhomogeneous. As a result, stars do not move in straight lines. This obvious fact severely complicates the kinetic theory of stellar systems because position and velocity turn out to be poor coordinates with which to describe stellar orbits – instead, one must use angle-action variables. Moreover, the slow relaxation of star clusters and galaxies can be enhanced or suppressed by collective interactions (‘polarisation’ effects) involving many stars simultaneously. These collective effects are also present inRead More →

Inverse energy transfer in decaying, three dimensional, nonhelical magnetic turbulence due to magnetic reconnection. (arXiv:2007.07325v1 [astro-ph.CO]) <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Bhat_P/0/1/0/all/0/1">Pallavi Bhat</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Zhou_M/0/1/0/all/0/1">Muni Zhou</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Loureiro_N/0/1/0/all/0/1">Nuno F. Loureiro</a> It has been recently shown numerically that there exists an inverse transfer of magnetic energy in decaying, nonhelical, magnetically dominated, magnetohydrodynamic turbulence in 3-dimensions (3D). We suggest that magnetic reconnection is the underlying physical mechanism responsible for this inverse transfer. In the two-dimensional (2D) case, the inverse transfer is easily inferred to be due to smaller magnetic islands merging to form larger ones via reconnection. We find that the scaling behaviour is similar between the 2D and the 3DRead More →

Do the TRAPPIST-1 Planets Have Atmospheres? A new study takes a hard look at the TRAPPIST-1 system to determine if its seven exoplanets could have viable atmospheres – with encouraging results! The post Do the TRAPPIST-1 Planets Have Atmospheres? appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to SourceRead More →

A Stellar Stream of Stars, Stolen from Another Galaxy Modern professional astronomers aren’t much like astronomers of old. They don’t spend every suitable evening with their eyes glued to a telescope’s eyepiece. You might be more likely to find them in front of a super-computer, working with AI and deep learning methods. One group of researchers employed those methods to find a whole new … Continue reading “A Stellar Stream of Stars, Stolen from Another Galaxy” The post A Stellar Stream of Stars, Stolen from Another Galaxy appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to SourceRead More →

A population of asteroids of interstellar origin inhabits the Solar System A study conducted by scientists at São Paulo State University’s Institute of Geosciences and Exact Sciences (IGCE-UNESP) in Rio Claro, Brazil, has identified 19 asteroids of interstellar origin classified as Centaurs, outer Solar System objects that revolve around the Sun in the region between the orbits of Jupiter and Neptune. phys.org Go to SourceRead More →

White dwarfs are a big source of carbon in the Universe In their nuclear hearts, stars fuse elements heavier than hydrogen, creating the ingredients necessary to make planets, oceans, and people. Tracing the origins of individual elements in the Milky Way has been a challenge, but a new analysis of white dwarf stars reveals that they may be responsible for one of the most essential elements … Continue reading “White dwarfs are a big source of carbon in the Universe” The post White dwarfs are a big source of carbon in the Universe appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to SourceRead More →

Amazing Images of Comet F3 NEOWISE From Around the World Just. Wow. If you’re like us, your space-feed has been inundated with some pretty spectacular images of Comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE as of late. F3 NEOWISE broke from the pack of good binocular comets for 2020 early this month, to become one of the best northern hemisphere comets in a generation. The post Amazing Images of Comet F3 NEOWISE From Around the World appeared first on Universe Today. Universe Today Go to SourceRead More →

Instead of Going Straight to Mars, Astronauts Should Make a Slingshot Past Venus First Every 26 months, the orbits of both Earth and Mars conspire to make travel between the two planets shorter. Launching in one of these windows means the travel time can be reduced to only six months. Our robotic missions to the Martian surface, and missions that place satellites in Martian orbit, launch during these windows. … Continue reading “Instead of Going Straight to Mars, Astronauts Should Make a Slingshot Past Venus First” The post Instead of Going Straight to Mars, Astronauts Should Make a Slingshot Past Venus First appeared first onRead More →

New insights into the origins of our universe New data released today by the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) in Chile indicate our universe is around 13.8 billion years old, matching the measurements made by the Planck satellite in 2015, and calling into question the 2019 findings of another research group that determined the age of the universe to be much younger than what the Planck satellite had predicted. That study had measured the movement of galaxies to come up with their number, while the ACT measured polarized light to reach its conclusions. phys.org Go to SourceRead More →

How galaxies die: New insights into the quenching of star formation Astronomers studying galaxy evolution have long struggled to understand what causes star formation to shut down in massive galaxies. Although many theories have been proposed to explain this process, known as “quenching,” there is still no consensus on a satisfactory model. phys.org Go to SourceRead More →

Image: Comet NEOWISE seen in an aurora-filled sky Comet NEOWISE is visible in an aurora-filled sky in this photo by Aurorasaurus Ambassador Donna Lach. The photo was taken early on July 14, 2020, in western Manitoba, Canada. The purple ribbon-like structure to the left is STEVE, an aurora-related phenomenon discovered with the help of citizen scientists working with the Aurorasaurus project. The bright streak near the top of the image is a meteor. phys.org Go to SourceRead More →

New research of oldest light confirms age of the universe Just how old is the universe? Astrophysicists have been debating this question for decades. In recent years, new scientific measurements have suggested the universe may be hundreds of millions of years younger than its previously estimated age of approximately 13.8 billions of years. Now new research published in a series of papers by an international team of astrophysicists, including Neelima Sehgal, Ph.D., from Stony Brook University, suggest the universe is about 13.8 billion years old. By using observations from the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) in Chile, their findings match the measurements of the Planck satelliteRead More →

Ground Calibration of Solar X-ray Monitor On-board Chandrayaan-2 Orbiter. (arXiv:2007.07326v1 [astro-ph.IM]) <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Mithun_N/0/1/0/all/0/1">N. P. S. Mithun</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Vadawale_S/0/1/0/all/0/1">Santosh V. Vadawale</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Shanmugam_M/0/1/0/all/0/1">M. Shanmugam</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Patel_A/0/1/0/all/0/1">Arpit R. Patel</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Tiwari_N/0/1/0/all/0/1">Neeraj Kumar Tiwari</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Adalja_H/0/1/0/all/0/1">Hiteshkumar L. Adalja</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Goyal_S/0/1/0/all/0/1">Shiv Kumar Goyal</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Ladiya_T/0/1/0/all/0/1">Tinkal Ladiya</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Singh_N/0/1/0/all/0/1">Nishant Singh</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Kumar_S/0/1/0/all/0/1">Sushil Kumar</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Tiwari_M/0/1/0/all/0/1">Manoj K. Tiwari</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Modi_M/0/1/0/all/0/1">M. H. Modi</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Mondal_B/0/1/0/all/0/1">Biswajit Mondal</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Sarkar_A/0/1/0/all/0/1">Aveek Sarkar</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Joshi_B/0/1/0/all/0/1">Bhuwan Joshi</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Janardhan_P/0/1/0/all/0/1">P. Janardhan</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Bhardwaj_A/0/1/0/all/0/1">Anil Bhardwaj</a> Chandrayaan-2, the second Indian mission to the Moon, carries a spectrometer called the Solar X-ray Monitor (XSM) to perform soft X-ray spectral measurements of the Sun while a companion payload measures the fluorescence emissionRead More →

Main Belt Asteroid Science in the Decade 2023-2032: Fundamental Science Questions and Recommendations on behalf of the Small Bodies Assessment Group. (arXiv:2007.07359v1 [astro-ph.IM]) <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+McAdam_M/0/1/0/all/0/1">Maggie M. McAdam</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Rivkin_A/0/1/0/all/0/1">Andrew S. Rivkin</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Lim_L/0/1/0/all/0/1">Lucy F. Lim</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Castillo_Rogez_J/0/1/0/all/0/1">Julie Castillo-Rogez</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Marchis_F/0/1/0/all/0/1">Franck Marchis</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Becker_T/0/1/0/all/0/1">Tracy M. Becker</a> Solicited by the Small Bodies Assessment Group, we recommend a balanced program of telescopic observation (ground-based, airborne, and space-based), laboratory studies, theoretical research and missions to Main Belt Asteroids utilizing the full spectral range from ultraviolet to far-infrared to investigate these outstanding fundamental questions in the next decade. Solicited by the Small Bodies Assessment Group, we recommend a balanced programRead More →

GJ 3470 c: A Saturn-like Exoplanet Candidate in the Habitable Zone of GJ 3470. (arXiv:2007.07373v1 [astro-ph.EP]) <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Scott_P/0/1/0/all/0/1">Phillip Scott</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Walter_B/0/1/0/all/0/1">Bradley Walter</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Ye_Q/0/1/0/all/0/1">Quanzhi Ye</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Mitchell_D/0/1/0/all/0/1">David Mitchell</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Heiland_L/0/1/0/all/0/1">Leo Heiland</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Gao_X/0/1/0/all/0/1">Xing Gao</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Palado_A/0/1/0/all/0/1">Alejandro Palado</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Otabek_B/0/1/0/all/0/1">Burkhonov Otabek</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Casal_J/0/1/0/all/0/1">Jesus Delgado Casal</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Hill_C/0/1/0/all/0/1">Colin Hill</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Garcia_A/0/1/0/all/0/1">Alberto Garcia</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Alton_K/0/1/0/all/0/1">Kevin B. Alton</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Ogmen_Y/0/1/0/all/0/1">Yenal Ogmen</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Agnihotri_V/0/1/0/all/0/1">Vikrant Kumar Agnihotri</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Caballero_A/0/1/0/all/0/1">Alberto Caballero</a> We report the discovery of a new exoplanet candidate orbiting the star GJ 3470. A total of three transits were detected by OKSky Observatory: the first one on December 23, 2019, the second one on February 27, 2020, and the thirdRead More →

The nuclear architecture of NGC 4151: on the path toward a universal outflow mechanism in light of NGC 1068. (arXiv:2007.07374v1 [astro-ph.GA]) <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+May_D/0/1/0/all/0/1">D. May</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Steiner_J/0/1/0/all/0/1">J. E. Steiner</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Menezes_R/0/1/0/all/0/1">R. B. Menezes</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Williams_D/0/1/0/all/0/1">D. R. A. Williams</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Wang_J/0/1/0/all/0/1">J. Wang</a> We report near-infrared integral field spectroscopic observations of the active galactic nucleus NGC 4151 with archive data from the NIFS-Gemini North Telescope. We have selected best-seeing observations ($lesssim$0.3 arcsec) that, allied to our methodology of image processing techniques, show structures with spatial resolution comparable to those of the HST. The intricate outflow of NGC 4151 is revisited in light of the results found for NGCRead More →