Twisted magnetic field around newborn star confirms decades-old jet theory

Twisted Physics: Astronomers Solve 30-Year-Old Stellar Mystery
This artist's illustration shows the twisted, funnel-shaped magnetic field (represented by white spiral lines) that ALMA detected wrapped around the gas outflow streaming from a young star embedded in the NGC 1333 IRAS 4A. New data revealed this ring-shaped structure in unprecedented detail, confirming a decades-old prediction of how magnetic fields launch and shape powerful jets from young stars. Credit: NSF/AUI/NSF NRAO/M. Weiss

Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), of which the U.S. National Science Foundation National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NSF NRAO) is a partner, have captured the first direct, high-resolution images of a magnetic field wrapped tightly around the outflow of gas streaming away from a forming star—evidence that solves a decades-old puzzle about how young stars sculpt the powerful jets that form them.

Watch the First Teaser for ‘Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story’

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The new season of the Ryan Murphy-produced anthology series will explore the 1892 murders that captured the nation

Ryan Murphy’s production house may be churning out more shows these days than most folks can keep up with, but that doesn’t mean there’s no excitement around his new fare. 

Blur’s Graham Coxon Remembers William Orbit: ‘This Genius Tinged With Madness’

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The guitarist shares his memories of collaborating with the late producer on 1999’s 13, the experimental album that also included “Tender” and “Coffee & TV.”

The news last week that producer William Orbit had died at age 69 sent people back to revisit one of the most remarkable catalogs in Nineties pop. Along with Madonna’s “Ray of Light,” Orbit’s greatest achievement in the studio might have been producing Blur’s “13,” the sprawling, experimental 1999 album on which the British rock band exploded everything they were known for at that time, incorporating new electronic and noise influences.

AI search performance KPIs every marketer should track

As long as I’ve been in marketing, people have warned against focusing on “vanity metrics,” or those flashy, high numbers that don’t translate to real results or profit. Fast forward a decade, I never expected traffic and search rank to be part of that conversation.

‘Possession’ Remake With Callum Turner, Margaret Qualley Sets Summer 2027 Release


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Diego Calva, Madeline Brewer and Paul Dano also star in Paramount's new take on the 1981 original that Parker Finn is directing.

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Here's some help with today's Quordle, including hints and the answers.

Here's some help with today's Quordle, including hints and the answers.

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Before today’s Quordle hints and answers, here’s what you missed on Tuesday:

Trump wants to split the MMR vaccine. Experts say that's unlikely — and comes with consequences

Trumps signs order to cut child vaccine recommendations from 18 to 11

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President Donald Trump's latest executive order calls for splitting the measles, mumps and rubella, or MMR, vaccine into three separate shots – but doctors and other experts say that effort has no scientific basis and is unlikely to get off the ground. 

Goya-Nominated Zoe Bonafonte Leads Spain-Argentina Soccer Pioneer Drama ‘Veleta’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Goya-nominated actress Zoe Bonafonte (“El 47”) will play Spain’s first female soccer player, Ana “Nita” Carmona Ruiz, in “Veleta,” a Spain-Argentina co-production directed and co-written by Paco Torres (“The Magic of Hope”) and now shooting in Andalusia.

Trump Pulls A Ghosn, Sneaks Off Air Force One In Airport Catering Truck - Jalopnik

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Hey, remember that time Trump couldn't safely fly on the definitely-not-a-bribe plane Qatar gave him and instead had to fly on the old Air Force One because the gift plane didn't have the necessary defense systems installed? Good times. Turns out, the real story is at least a hundred times funnier (and far darker) than what was originally reported. According to the Washington Post, Trump was so afraid Iran would assassinate him, he pulled a Carlos Ghosn and snuck off the old Air Force One. This time, though, instead of a speaker case, he reportedly used a catering truck.

2023’s Best Game Is Finally Selling the Millions It Deserves

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Alan Wake 2 has been been rescued from The Dark Place.

2023's best game is finally selling the millions it deserves

Alan Wake, the author, stands near a graffiti-covered wall in New York City in a screenshot from Alan Wake 2 Image: Remedy Entertainment/Epic Games Publishing

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