The results of a survey of middle-aged pulsars suggest that a feature previously seen around a handful of pulsars might be ubiquitous.
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Depictions of the Milky Way found in ancient Egyptian imagery
An interest in understanding the role that the Milky Way played in Egyptian culture and religion has led University of Portsmouth Associate Professor of Astrophysics, Dr. Or Graur to uncover what he thinks may be the ancient Egyptian visual depiction of the Milky Way.
Various Egyptian gods are either associated with, symbolize, or directly embody certain celestial objects. In his study, Dr. Graur reviewed 125 images of the sky-goddess Nut (pronounced “Noot”), found among 555 ancient Egyptian coffins dating back nearly 5,000 years.
Combining astronomy with Egyptology, he analyzed whether she could be linked to the Milky Way and his findings are now published in the Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage.
Gravity is Result of Computational Process within Our Universe, Physicist Says
“My findings in this study fit with the thought that the Universe might work like a giant computer, or our reality is a simulated construct,” Dr. Vopson said.
“Just like computers try to save space and run more efficiently, the Universe might be doing the same.”
“It’s a new way to think about gravity — not just as a pull, but as something that happens when the Universe is trying to stay organized.”
Gravity May Be a Clue That The Universe Is a Giant Computer
If we were living in a computer simulation, would we be able to tell we were living in a computer simulation? It’s a question that’s difficult to answer, but physicist Melvin Vopson of the University of Portsmouth in the UK believes that he may have found a clue.
According to his latest study, gravity could be a product of computational processes within the Universe, a by-product of the Universe’s attempt to keep information and matter neatly organized in space and time.
“My findings in this study fit with the thought that the Universe might work like a giant computer, or our reality is a simulated construct,” Vopson says.
Astronomers discover explosive outflow in star-forming complex using ALMA data
By analyzing the data from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), astronomers have investigated a star-forming region known as G34.26+0.15. As a result, they discovered an explosive outflow in this complex. The study was reported in a paper published on April 22 on the arXiv preprint server.