Technology & Innovation — December 8, 2010

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Three images of the Ring Nebula reveal its true shape: visible light (left), infrared (center), and a composite with contour lines (right) showcasing different details of the nebula's intricate structure.

The Ring Nebula’s true structure revealed at last

The Ring Nebula, a bright, circular planetary nebula, is created by a dying Sun-like star. After centuries, we finally know its true shape.

A rocket launches with flames visible at the bottom. The text "T-MINUS" is superimposed over the image.

The Present

T-Minus: Counting down the top 10 space stories of 2024

Featuring SpaceX’s “Mechazilla,” a first-of-its-kind spacewalk, and more.

Silhouettes of five heads with speech bubbles showing different symbols: tangled lines, dots, hearts, zigzag graph, and mathematical symbols, on a yellow background.

Business

Great minds don’t think alike: The business case for neurodiversity

Temple Grandin’s story reveals how embracing neurodiversity can lead to groundbreaking innovations and more successful teams.

An abstract green fractal pattern resembling interconnected neural pathways on a black background evokes the complexity of a fractal universe.

Starts With A Bang

Is the Universe actually a fractal?

On larger and larger scales, many of the same structures we see at small ones repeat themselves. Do we live in a fractal Universe?

Starts With A Bang

This weird JWST trick lets us “see” dark matter

It’s not only the gravity from galaxies in a cluster that reveals dark matter, but the ejected, intracluster stars actually trace it out.

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