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TwO Parameters Semi Empirical Model (TOPSEM): Galaxy Evolution and Bulge/Disk Dicothomy from Two-stage Halo Accretion

The Astrophysical Journal, 2023
In recent years, increasing attention has been devoted to semi-empirical, data-driven models to tackle some aspects of the complex and still largely debated topic of galaxy formation and evolution. We here present a new semi-empirical model whose marking
L. Boco, A. Lapi, F. Shankar, H. Fu, F. Gabrielli, A. Sicilia   +5 more
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The Great Cosmic Silence: What Does the Fermi Paradox Tell About the Future of Humanity?

Global Policy, Volume 17, Issue 4, Page 553-565, September 2026.
ABSTRACT This article examines how institutional time horizons shape the long‐term survival prospects of human technological civilisation. While research on global catastrophic and existential risks has expanded, the temporal structures of political‐economic institutions remain underexamined.
Heikki Patomäki
wiley   +1 more source

Different Influence of Gas Accretion on the Evolution of Star-forming and Non-star-forming Galaxies

The Astrophysical Journal
Using integral field spectroscopic data from the Mapping Nearby Galaxies at Apache Point Observatory survey, we investigate the spatially resolved properties and empirical relations of a star-forming galaxy and a non-star-forming galaxy hosting ...
Min Bao, Wenlong Zhao, Qirong Yuan
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Spaceborne and spaceborn: Physiological aspects of pregnancy and birth during interplanetary flight

Experimental Physiology, Volume 111, Issue 9, Page 4015-4040, 1 September 2026.
Abstract Crewed interplanetary return missions that are on the planning horizon will take years, more than enough time for initiation and completion of a pregnancy. Pregnancy is viewed as a sequence of processes – fertilization, blastocyst formation, implantation, gastrulation, placentation, organogenesis, gross morphogenesis, birth and neonatal ...
Arun V. Holden
wiley   +1 more source

Intermediate-mass black hole incubators

Astronomy & Astrophysics
Context. The stellar dynamical evolution of massive star clusters formed during starburst periods leads to the segregation of ≳104 M⊙ stellar-mass black hole sub-clusters in their centres.
Haas Jaroslav, Kroupa Pavel, Mazurenko Sergij   +2 more
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Tidal disruption flares as the source of ultra-high energy cosmic rays

EPJ Web of Conferences, 2012
The optical spectral energy distributions of two tidal disruption flares identified by van Velzen et al. (2011) in archival SDSS data, are found to be well-fit by a thin-accretion-disk model.
Farrar G.R.
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Kaempferol Attenuates Spaceflight‐Associated Knee Cartilage Degradation by Targeting NOX4‐Mediated Mitochondrial Dysfunction

Advanced Science, Volume 13, Issue 48, 28 August 2026.
We have shown that both simulated and actual spaceflight contribute to cartilage degradation in the knees of mice. Using RNA sequencing and bioenergetic profiling, we identified NADPH oxidase 4 (NOX4) as a key factor driving these changes. Additionally, we found that kaempferol, a naturally occurring flavonoid that binds directly to NOX4, reduces ...
Yuesong Yin, Ruiling Xu, Meagan J. Makarczyk, Jia‐Jun Liu, Silvia Liu, Matthew Z. Shi, Roberta Di Carlo, Michael F. Almeida, Alex Garris, Sarah Day, Rebekah Sanchez‐Hodge, Jonathan C. Schisler, Aleeza H. Zilberman, Noah G. Allen, Angela J. Kubik, Elizabeth A. Blaber, Arnold Z. Olali, Wanqing Xie, Douglas C. Wallace, Christopher E. Mason, Peter G. Alexander, Giuseppe Intini, Afshin Beheshti, Hang Lin   +23 more
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The New Fundamental Plane of 4FGL Blazars Based on the Black Hole Spin-mass Energy

The Astrophysical Journal
The fundamental plane is a key scaling relation connecting jet power, accretion, and black hole mass in active galactic nuclei. In this work, we construct a sample of 73 Fermi-Large Area Telescope-detected 4FGL blazars and explore an extended version of ...
Xu Zhang, Quan-gui Gao, Chang-mei Zhao, You-yan Duan, Ting-feng Yi, Gui-qin Yang   +5 more
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The ORCA‐TWIN qCMOS Experiment I. Science Case and Commissioning at Calar Alto Observatory

Astronomische Nachrichten, Volume 347, Issue 7, August 2026.
ABSTRACT We describe a pilot study to explore a new generation of fast and low noise CMOS image sensors for time domain astronomy, using two remote telescopes with a baseline of 1635 km. The experiment involves direct imaging with novel qCMOS image sensor technology that combines fast readout with sub‐electron readout noise.
Martin M. Roth, Paško Roje, Stella Vješnica, Stefan Cikota, Alex J. Brown, Mike Kretlow, Marco Azzaro, Santiago Reinhart, Jesús Aceituno, Harry Dawson, Carsten Denker, Torsten Enßlin, Stephan Geier, Thomas Granzer, Thomas Kupfer, Gianluca Li Causi, Samaya Nissanke, José Luis Ortiz, Fernando Pedichini, Katja Poppenhäger, Axel Schwope   +20 more
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The flaring drill in the Galactic centre

Astronomy & Astrophysics
Context. The mini-cavity is a low-density region observed in the complex of streams of ionized gas around the Galactic central supermassive black hole, Sgr A★, known as the mini-spiral.
Haas Jaroslav, Kroupa Pavel, Peißker Florian, Morris Mark R.   +3 more
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