Tag Archive for 'Nickel'

SN LSQ14fmg exploded in SDSS J221646.15+152114.2, a star-forming galaxy 100 million light-years away. Image credit: Hsiao et al, doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/abaf4c.

Astronomers Observe Slowest Rising Type Ia Supernova Ever Seen

Sep 10, 2020 by News Staff

The exaggerated properties of a Type Ia supernova dubbed SN LSQ14fmg may help reveal the origin of the ‘super-Chandrasekhar’ group of supernovae it...

This illustration shows a gas giant exoplanet orbiting its parent star. Image credit: NASA / ESA / STScI / L. Calcada.

Study Finds No Clear Correlation between Compositions of Giant Exoplanets and Their Host Stars

Dec 4, 2019 by News Staff

There isn’t a strong correlation between gas giant and host star compositions when it comes to elements heavier than hydrogen and helium, according to...

Scanning electron microscopy image (colorized) showing edscottite in the polished Wedderburn section from the UCLA Meteorite Collection. Image credit: Ma & Rubin, doi: 10.2138/am-2019-7102.

Edscottite: Mineral ‘Never Seen in Nature’ Discovered inside Meteorite

Sep 7, 2019 by Sergio Prostak

A meteorite found in Australia — called the Wedderburn iron meteorite because of where it was found — contains edscottite, an iron-carbide...

In this composite image of Kes 75, high-energy X-rays observed by Chandra are colored blue and highlight the pulsar wind nebula surrounding the pulsar, while lower-energy X-rays appear purple and show the debris from the explosion. Image credit: X-rays – NASA / CXC / NCSU / S. Reynolds; optical – PanSTARRS.

Milky Way’s Youngest Pulsar Confirmed

Oct 23, 2018 by News Staff

Astronomers using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory have confirmed that a supernova remnant called Kes 75 contains the youngest known pulsar in our Milky...

A crystal of the trilayer nickelate compound Pr4Ni3O8. Image credit: Argonne National Laboratory.

New Nickelate Material Shows Potential for High-Temperature Superconductivity

Jun 19, 2017 by News Staff

Materials scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory have identified the trilayer nickelate compound Pr4Ni3O8 as a promising...

Large, Exceptional Gem Diamonds Formed from Metallic Liquid inside Earth’s Mantle

Dec 16, 2016 by News Staff

New research in the journal Science explains how diamonds of exceptional size and quality formed — from metallic liquid deep inside Earth’s mantle. World’s...

Rinorea niccolifera. Image credit: Fernando ES et al.

Rinorea niccolifera: Nickel-Eating Plant Discovered in Philippines

May 12, 2014 by News Staff

An international team of botanists has described a new, nickel-hyperaccumulating species of plant from Luzon Island, Philippines. Rinorea niccolifera....