#LOFAR

[nerdwelt]

Radiobeobachtungen untersuchen den Galaxienhaufen Abell 1413

Europäische Astronomen haben mithilfe des LOw-Frequency ARray (LOFAR) und des MeerKAT-Teleskops Radiobeobachtungen des Galaxienhaufens Abell 1413 durchgeführt. In einem Artikel, der in der Zeitschrift “Monatliche Mitteilungen der Royal Astronomical Society” veröffentlicht wurde, werden die Ergebnisse dieser Beobachtungen präsentiert. Galaxienhaufen sind die größten gravitativ gebundenen…

[astroblogs]

Europees consortium gaat nieuwe technologie ontwikkelen voor toekomstige radiotelescopen

Europees consortium gaat nieuwe technologie ontwikkelen voor toekomstige radiotelescopen

De Europese Commissie heeft 10 miljoen euro vrijgemaakt voor het RadioBlocks-consortium om nieuwe technologie te ontwikkelen voor toekomstige radiotelescopen. Het consortium wordt geleid door JIVE in Dwingeloo en bestaat uit radiosterrenwachten, universiteiten en bedrijven, voornamelijk uit Europa. Het RadioBlocks-consortium gaat nieuwe technologie ontwikkelen voor toekomstige radiotelescopen.…

[adrianusv61]

Europees consortium gaat nieuwe technologie ontwikkelen voor toekomstige radiotelescopen

Europees consortium gaat nieuwe technologie ontwikkelen voor toekomstige radiotelescopen

De Europese Commissie heeft 10 miljoen euro vrijgemaakt voor het RadioBlocks-consortium om nieuwe technologie te ontwikkelen voor toekomstige radiotelescopen. Het consortium wordt geleid door JIVE in Dwingeloo en bestaat uit radiosterrenwachten, universiteiten en bedrijven, voornamelijk uit Europa. Het RadioBlocks-consortium gaat nieuwe technologie ontwikkelen voor toekomstige radiotelescopen.…

[jutajuta]

Lofar Juta (Top 19+ Best लोफर जूता की बेहतरीन कलेक्शन 2023)

Lofar Juta के सुझाव और रिव्यूज को JutaJuta वेबसाइट द्वारा साझा किया गया है। लेदर से बने लोफर जूता पर उपलब्ध डिल्स और ऑफर के लिए आर्टिकल को जरूर पढ़ें।

[snakey18-productions]

Starting with a few non-Villain characters, the first one up is Marco Lofare! Marco proudly owns the title of “Richest Man in the World” and uses that money to benefit everybody. He even has several “vaults” set up in every state across the US, helping boost their economies. Enjoy!

-Snakey18

[spacetimewithstuartgary]

Gargantuan black hole jets are biggest seen yet

Astronomers have spotted the biggest pair of black hole jets ever seen, spanning 23 million light-years in total length. That's equivalent to lining up 140 Milky Way galaxies back to back. 

"This pair is not just the size of a solar system, or a Milky Way; we are talking about 140 Milky Way diameters in total," says Martijn Oei, a Caltech postdoctoral scholar and lead author of a new Nature paper reporting the findings. "The Milky Way would be a little dot in these two giant eruptions."

The jet megastructure, nicknamed Porphyrion after a giant in Greek mythology, dates to a time when our universe was 6.3 billion years old, or less than half its present age of 13.8 billion years. These fierce outflows—with a total power output equivalent to trillions of suns—shoot out from above and below a supermassive black hole at the heart of a remote galaxy. 

Prior to Porphyrion's discovery, the largest confirmed jet system was Alcyoneus, also named after a giant in Greek mythology. Alcyoneus, which was discovered in 2022 by the same team that found Porphyrion, spans the equivalent of around 100 Milky Ways. For comparison, the well-known Centaurus A jets, the closest major jet system to Earth, spans 10 Milky Ways.

The latest finding suggests that these giant jet systems may have had a larger influence on the formation of galaxies in the young universe than previously believed. Porphyrion existed during an early epoch when the wispy filaments that connect and feed galaxies, known as the cosmic web, were closer together than they are now. That means enormous jets like Porphyrion reached across a greater portion of the cosmic web compared to jets in the local universe.

"Astronomers believe that galaxies and their central black holes co-evolve, and one key aspect of this is that jets can spread huge amounts of energy that affect the growth of their host galaxies and other galaxies near them,” says co-author George Djorgovski, professor of astronomy and data science at Caltech. "This discovery shows that their effects can extend much farther out than we thought."

Unveiling a Vast Population 

The Porphyrion jet system is the biggest found so far during a sky survey that has revealed a shocking number of the faint megastructures: more than 10,000. This massive population of gargantuan jets was found using Europe's LOFAR (LOw Frequency ARray) radio telescope. 

While hundreds of large jet systems were known before the LOFAR observations, they were thought to be rare and on average smaller in size than the thousands of systems uncovered by the radio telescope.

"Giant jets were known before we started the campaign, but we had no idea that there would turn out to be so many," says Martin Hardcastle, second author of the study and a professor of astrophysics at the University of Hertfordshire in England. "Usually when we get a new observational capability, such as LOFAR's combination of wide field of view and very high sensitivity to extended structures, we find something new, but it was still very exciting to see so many of these objects emerging."

Back in 2018, Oei and his colleagues began using LOFAR to study not black hole jets but the cosmic web of wispy filaments that crisscrosses the space between galaxies. As the team inspected the radio images for the faint filaments, they began to notice several strikingly long jet systems. 

"When we first found the giant jets, we were quite surprised," says Oei, who is also affiliated with Leiden Observatory in the Netherlands. "We had no idea that there were this many."

To systematically search for more hidden jets, the team inspected the radio images by eye, used machine-learning tools to scan the images for signs of the looming jets, and enlisted the help of citizen scientists around the globe to eyeball the images further. A paper describing their most recent batch of giant outflows, containing more than 8,000 jet pairs, has been accepted for publication in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics. 

Lurking in the Past

To find the galaxy from which Porphyrion originated, the team used the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope(GMRT) in India along with ancillary data from a project called Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument(DESI), which operates from Kitt Peak National Observatory in Arizona. The observations pinpointed the home of the jets to a hefty galaxy about 10 times more massive than our Milky Way.  

The team then used the W. M. Keck Observatory in Hawai‘i to show that Porphyrion is 7.5 billion light-years from Earth. "Up until now, these giant jet systems appeared to be a phenomenon of the recent universe," Oei says. "If distant jets like these can reach the scale of the cosmic web, then every place in the universe may have been affected by black hole activity at some point in cosmic time," Oei says.

The observations from Keck also revealed that Porphyrion emerged from what is called a radiative-mode active black hole, as opposed to one that is in a jet-mode state. When supermassive black holes become active—in other words, when their immense forces of gravity tug on and heat up surrounding material—they are thought to either emit energy in the form of radiation or jets. Radiative-mode black holes were more common in the young, or distant, universe, while jet-mode ones are more common in the present-day universe. 

The fact that Porphyrion came from a radiative-mode black hole came as a surprise because astronomers did not know this mode could produce such huge and powerful jets. What is more, because Porphyrion lies in the distant universe where radiative-mode black holes abound, the finding implies there may be a lot more colossal jets left to be found.

"We may be looking at the tip of the iceberg," Oei says. "Our LOFAR survey only covered 15 percent of the sky. And most of these giant jets are likely difficult to spot, so we believe there are many more of these behemoths out there."

Ongoing Mysteries

How the jets can extend so far beyond their host galaxies without destabilizing is still unclear. "Martijn's work has shown us that there isn't anything particularly special about the environments of these giant sources that causes them to reach those large sizes," says Hardcastle, who is an expert in the physics of black hole jets. "My interpretation is that we need an unusually long-lived and stable accretion event around the central, supermassive black hole to allow it to be active for so long—about a billion years—and to ensure that the jets keep pointing in the same direction over all of that time. What we're learning from the large number of giants is that this must be a relatively common occurrence."

As a next step, Oei wants to better understand how these megastructures influence their surroundings. The jets spread cosmic rays, heat, heavy atoms, and magnetic fields throughout the space between galaxies. Oei is specifically interested in finding out the extent to which giant jets spread magnetism. "The magnetism on our planet allows life to thrive, so we want to understand how it came to be," he says. "We know magnetism pervades the cosmic web, then makes its way into galaxies and stars, and eventually to planets, but the question is: Where does it start? Have these giant jets spread magnetism through the cosmos?"

The Nature study, "Black hole jets on the scale of the cosmic web," was funded by the Dutch Research Council, the European Research Council, the UK Science and Technology Facilities Council, the UK Research and Innovation Future Leaders Fellowship, and the European Union. Other Caltech authors include graduate student Antonio Rodriguez. Additional authors are Roland Timmerman of Durham University; Reinout J. van Weeren, Huub J.A. Röttgering, and Huib T. Intema of Leiden University (Timmerman is also affiliated with Leiden University); Aivin R.D.J.G.I.B. Gast of the University of Oxford; Andrea Botteon and Francesco de Gasperin of the Institute for Radio Astronomy of Italy's National Institute of Astrophysics; Daniel Stern of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which is managed by Caltech for NASA; and Gabriela Calistro Rivera of the European Southern Observatory and the German Aerospace Center.

IMAGE: An artist's illustration of the longest black hole jet system ever observed. Nicknamed Porphyrion after a mythological Greek giant, these jets span roughly 7 megaparsecs, or 23 million light-years. That is equivalent to lining up 140 Milky Way galaxies back-to-back. Porphyrion dates back to a time when our universe was less than half its present age. During this early epoch, the wispy filaments that connect and feed galaxies, known as the cosmic web, were closer together than they are now. Consequently, this colossal jet pair extended across a larger portion of the cosmic web compared to similar jets in our nearby universe. Porphyrion's discovery thus implies that jets in the early universe may have influenced the formation of galaxies to a greater extent than previously believed.  Credit E. Wernquist / D. Nelson (IllustrisTNG Collaboration) / M. Oei

[garadinervi]

Ilke Gers, If the Universe Were Watching, Vinyl installation on the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy LOFAR Telescope, Into Nature: Time Horizons, The 4th edition of Into Nature outdoor biennial, Drenthe, 2023, Project in collaboration with ASTRON (Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy) [© Ilke Gers. Photos: © Luuk Kramer]

[groggygrimalkin]

Heart planets are finished!!!

First off is LOFAR. It's a lush planet covered in rolling hills, flowers, and the remains of cities long forgotten. It's relatively peaceful but has some pretty hostile mobs that travel in groups across the planets fields, looking for any consorts to pick off that may be traveling and searching the ruins alone. It's always daytime and the weather is always fair. It's almost perfect for the planets player, accept the planets Denizen loves causing trouble for fun and sees her as the perfect target to do so.

Next is LODAS. It's a planet covered in pleasant smelling forest,trees, and plenty of shade. The planets landscape is dotted with sleeping mats accompanied with blankets and pillows, perfectly fit for the planets player to rest on. Ghostly shades of the his other selves from different universes and timelines inhabit the planet, some slumbering peacefully while others explore their new dream-like surroundings, all friendly however. There are hostile mobs but they're usually taken out quite easily by the many shades.

Lastly is LOCAP. This mountainous planet is home to many castle structures all connected by winding(and confusing) paths. Most of the castles are uninhibited due to the fact mobs like imps and ogres tend to take up residence inside of them, so it's up to the planets player to clear them out. There's also a giant cache of grist and treasure hidden inside each one, rewarded for clearing them out. However finding the planets Denizen proves to be quite frustrating since it's never in the castle he's currently searching

[sburbian-sage]

Hey there, Knight of Quartz again! I’ve been testin shit, here’s what I got for you so far:

I’m in the Land of Fabergé and Rhystic, LOFAR.

So right away, weird, because Rhystic isn’t a real word, it’s a thing from Magic the Gathering- a word used for cards that an opponent can pay a cost to prevent you from using. Rhystic Study for example draws you a card every time someone else casts a spell, unless they pay an extra point of mana. (God FUCKING DAMN do I miss MTG, can’t play it now though, too risky, lots of cards give corruption.)

Meanwhile, Fabergé was literally just a guy’s name I think? But the way it manifests here is clearly about Fabergé eggs, they’re all over the place.

It’s kinda hell actually. Tons of the eggs have consort ashes (and/or organs/bones) in them and are basically like grave urns. But some of them have important stuff so I gotta open em anyway, and I think all the funerary ones I keep desecrating by accident are actually dropping my land rep.

As for the Rhystic keyword, I’m kinda stuck actually. I’m not seeing much about it really? There’s a place called the “Rhystic Tower” in one of the consort villages, and the consorts get really weird when I try to talk to them about it, but I can’t figure out how to get inside.

Onto the topic of death, none so far. No comas either. I want to ask though, if Quartz DOES rely on no deaths, do you think dying to go god tier might fuck all this up and make it so I retroactively never would have been assigned the aspect? Not that any of us have found our beds yet anyway, but I'm worried about it... Realselves don’t leave a ghost in a dream bubble when they god tier, right? Since you are your realself and dreamself at the same time? Or am I wrong?

As for time stuff, the meteors seem to be working like normal. Appearifier is still letting us make paradox slime for frog breeding, and the Ectobiology labs are present in the veil (but we’ve not found a gate to them yet). I think the exiles aren’t working though? Hard to tell. They might just be subtle and not have much to say, or maybe all of us have too much pepleader or something.

Okay, now for the big list of abilities I’ve gotten:

The first two were [Rose Tint] and [Smoke]. I guess in reference to rose quartz and smoky quartz. They are notably NOT offensive, and in fact seem to barely work, if at all. I think they might just be bugged. I can target living things with them, and they eat up some pluck, but then nothing seems to happen. I know abilities can be finicky, but I’m running out of ideas.

[Record] is an ability that I’ve been using constantly though. I actually learned to freestyle this early on, though the ability version is way more efficient. Either way, it basically it lets me extract a memory out of something’s mind. They come out as these glowy colorful orbs, but I can’t like, stuff them into my own head or anything. When I touch them, I think I get an impression of what the underling I extracted from was feeling at the time (mostly anger and fear so far). I’ve not found a real use for these yet, but it’s become almost compulsive for me to [Record] every enemy I fight at least once. I assume they’ll be useful later on.

As for abilities that actually do stuff in fights, [Elegist] was my go-to for a while. It feels like it “skips” me ahead, to after an enemy is already dead, and then I get a mental summary of how I beat them. But while it’s running I’m actually just in a fugue state, it’s not time travel or anything even though it feels like it. Had to stop using it after it let me get run through the chest with a sword just so I could get in close and kill an imp, I almost died from that… Plus, I just don’t trust it, no way Sburb really gave me a “I win” button, I bet it’d fail against strong enough enemies or whatever.

So instead I’ve mostly been using [Brain Fart] and [Going In Circles]. Fart just makes a target forget what they were doing for a second, and the circles one seems to make an enemy want to go back to wherever they were standing when I used the ability on them, after a few seconds. Both of these are really good at throwing enemies off in battle, and cost barely any pluck, so I can spam them.

There’s more, but my coplayers need me for a dungeon dive, and these were the ones I’ve been using the most, so I’m just gonna send this off as is.

I'd be a bit concerned about the Land Keywords. The running theory is that Quartz is a bugged Aspect, and Lands don't typically generate pop-culture references. I mean, it'd be kind of stupid if you got like, the Land of Gonzales and Mug Root Beer and you don't know that wrestler/that soda isn't available in whatever country or world you come from. Pop culture is constrained almost entirely to Alchemy, so you should be seeing immediate red flags any time they pop up. Related sidenote, I am now much more skeptical of this entire post.

On the funerary ashes, you just gotta roll with it. Toppling sacred urns, desecrating mystic ruins, and defiling hallowed tombs is as natural as breathing. It's sad, but you can't make an omelette without traumatizing a few people.

"Retroactively not getting assigned your own Title" isn't a thing. The only thing you can do to make yourself not be the Title you've been assigned is to do Vagabouncy. The nature of the Quest Beds and how ascending works is unknown, so it's kind of your job to figure that out. And as for whether or not ascending leaves behind a Dreambubble Ghost, the classical mistake you're committing is thinking about Dream Bubbles. Don't do that. All thinking about the Dream Bubbles typically does is existentially freak yourself out. So don't think about it, or whether or not you leave a ghost when you suffer a non-Just or non-Heroic death.

That the meteors and Ectobiology labs are working as normal seems to throw a wrench at our previous "Quartz supersedes Time and replaces it" theory. The game DOES have back-ups in case the meteor plan doesn't work, so "it brute-forces the meteors to time travel when the Reckoning happens because that's an essential step of the game" isn't an answer. Or at least, it seems somewhat hackneyed.

I don't think [Elegist] is an "I win" button, per say. It gives you a roadmap for defeating an enemy, but knowing how to do something and actually doing it are two different things (I say as I smooch my bulging biceps while wearing a shirt reading "SAGE EXCEPTION"). It's like how you can read guides for how to get top scores on Punch-Out!!, but the input, timing, and RNG makes it difficult. I would advise not using it on tougher enemies... Alone. If you can get someone to run a distraction (or otherwise protect you), it could make for a really good tactic. The defending player learns how to protect against its attacks, you learn the perfect offense, and then you put it into action. Unite, synchronize.

Those other abilities seem more immediately useful though, yeah. One ability that might be looking into, either "try freestyling" or "potential in-game ability?", is forcing an enemy to repeat the last action they performed. It'd be really predictable, which would help one learn how to avoid or counter an attack, not to mention the potential of "making an enemy with an explosive attack keep exploding and causing collateral damage". That's the first ability I'd think of when it comes to Quartz.

I'm glad to hear the progress report. Keep your wits about you, seize all tomorrows, and report back with any breakthroughs.

[techtakesoff]

My good strudel, I would like some planet names and ideas if you please, I have a sylph of space and a thief of time, their planets are connected, like in one of those old co-op puzzle games, press button on one planet, it does something on the other

For the Sylph:

Land of Rhyme and Frogs;

For the Thief:

Land of Fate and Reason

These names are mirrors of each other (LORAF/LOFAR), and the elements "rhyme" and "reason" complement each other, as in the phrase "no rhyme or reason."

At first, the machinations of these planets might seem totally nonsensical to the players, as doors open and shut randomly and switches seemingly don't do anything at all.

It depends on the Sylph and Thief's personalities how long it takes them to figure out they're connected, but I would imagine the Sylph first begins to think of their cross-planet interactions in a sense of poetic or dramatic coincidence (rhyme) while the Thief suspects a more mathematical or mechanical connection (reason).

Because these planets are so entwined, and one of them belongs to a hero of Space, they would both effectively have the same quest, to breed the frog. (If for whatever reason this session is flawed and the Sylph of Space isn't tasked with frog breeding after all, the same principles still apply if you just swap the frog with some other important/powerful item on the other end of a long quest.)

As the Thief explores LOFAR, they unlock new areas of LORAF for the Sylph to comb for frogs. The Sylph breeds new frog morphs, which are actually puzzle keys to open new rooms on LOFAR. It's very much a "help me help you" scenario -- depending on the pre-game relationship between the Sylph and Thief, this will be either an ordeal of great suffering that eventually leads to mutual understanding, or a bonding experience that brings them even closer together.

The physical design of these two planets would be based around complementary designs; if a labyrinth on LORAF curls clockwise, labyrinths on LOFAR curl counterclockwise. Their structures would focus more on the shape of the constructions than their materials, and would probably be pretty simple and unadorned, but whatever design motifs there are would be shared across both planets.

This is one of the clues that tips the players off that their planets are connected in the first place, as the Sylph openly wonders why their planet has so much clockwork scrollery, and the Thief wonders why theirs is covered in frog statues.

[astroblogs]

LOFAR-antennes onthullen gigantische gloed van radiostraling rond cluster van sterrenstelsels

LOFAR-antennes onthullen gigantische gloed van radiostraling rond cluster van sterrenstelsels

Een Nederlands-Italiaans-Duits team van sterrenkundigen heeft een enorme gloed van radiostraling waargenomen rond een cluster van duizenden sterrenstelsels. Ze bundelden de gegevens van duizenden LOFAR-antennes die achttien nachten waren gericht op een gebied ter grootte van vier volle manen. Het is voor het eerst dat sterrenkundigen zo lang en zo gedetailleerd van zo’n groot gebied radiostraling…

[adrianusv61]

LOFAR-antennes onthullen gigantische gloed van radiostraling rond cluster van sterrenstelsels

LOFAR-antennes onthullen gigantische gloed van radiostraling rond cluster van sterrenstelsels

Een Nederlands-Italiaans-Duits team van sterrenkundigen heeft een enorme gloed van radiostraling waargenomen rond een cluster van duizenden sterrenstelsels. Ze bundelden de gegevens van duizenden LOFAR-antennes die achttien nachten waren gericht op een gebied ter grootte van vier volle manen. Het is voor het eerst dat sterrenkundigen zo lang en zo gedetailleerd van zo’n groot gebied radiostraling…

[netmassimo]

Un articolo pubblicato sulla rivista "Science Advances" riporta i risultati di uno studio dell'ammasso galattico Abell 2255 che per la prima volta ha rilevato un bagliore radio su una scala talmente vasta da circondare l'intero ammasso. Un team di ricercatori ha utilizzato il radiotelescopio LoFar per 18 notti su un'area con dimensioni quattro volte la Luna piena per ottenere un risultato così dettagliato. Secondo i ricercatori l'origine di quell'emissione che ha un'ampiezza di almeno 16 milioni di anni luce è legata all'energia rilasciata durante la formazione dell'ammasso.

[spacenutspod]

Galaxy cluster SDSS J1531+3414X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO/O. Omoruyi et al.; Optical: NASA/ESA/STScI/G. Tremblay et al.; Radio: ASTRON/LOFAR; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/N. Wolk Astronomers have discovered one of the most powerful eruptions from a black hole ever recorded in the system known as SDSS J1531+3414 (SDSS J1531 for short). As explained in our press release, this mega-explosion billions of years ago may help explain the formation of a striking pattern of star clusters around two massive galaxies, resembling “beads on a string.” SDSS J1531 is a massive galaxy cluster containing hundreds of individual galaxies and huge reservoirs of hot gas and dark matter. At the center of SDSS J1531, which is located about 3.8 billion light-years away, two of the cluster’s largest galaxies are colliding with each other. Astronomers used several telescopes to study SDSS J1531 including NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, and the Low Frequency Array (LOFAR), a radio telescope. This composite image shows SDSS J1531 in X-rays from Chandra (blue and purple) that have been combined with radio data from LOFAR (dark pink) as well as an optical image from the Hubble Space Telescope (appearing as yellow and white). The inset gives a close-in view of the center of SDSS J1531 in optical light, showing the two large galaxies and a set of 19 large clusters of stars, called superclusters, stretching across the middle. The image shows these star clusters are arranged in an ‘S’ formation that resembles beads on a string. The multiwavelength data provides signs of an ancient, titanic eruption in SDSS J1531, which a team of researchers think was responsible for creation of the 19 star clusters. Their argument is that an extremely powerful jet from the supermassive black holes in the center of one of the large galaxies pushed the surrounding hot gas away from the black hole, creating a gigantic cavity. The evidence for a cavity comes from “wings” of bright X-ray emission, seen with Chandra, tracing dense gas near the center of SDSS J1531. These wings are the edge of the cavity and the less dense gas in between is part of the cavity. LOFAR shows radio waves from the remains of the jet’s energetic particles filling in the giant cavity. These features are highlighted in a labeled version of the image. Multiwavelength Image of SDSS J1531, LabeledX-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO/O. Omoruyi et al.; Optical: NASA/ESA/STScI/G. Tremblay et al.; Radio: ASTRON/LOFAR; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/N. Wolk The astronomers also discovered cold and warm gas located near the opening of the cavity, detected with the Atacama Large Millimeter and submillimeter Array (ALMA) and the Gemini North Telescope, respectively. A separate graphic shows the optical image with the cold gas added in green (left), and the warm gas added in red (right). The team argues that some of the hot gas pushed away from the black hole eventually cooled to form the cold and warm gas shown. The team thinks tidal effects from the two merging galaxies compressed the gas along curved paths, leading to the star clusters forming in the “beads on a string” pattern. Cold and warm gas located near the opening of the cavity.Optical/Halpha: NASA/ESA/STScI; Radio: ESO/NAOJ/NRAO A paper led by Osase Omoruyi of the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian (CfA) describing these results has recently been published in The Astrophysical Journal and is available online here. The authors of the paper are Grant Tremblay (CfA), Francoise Combes (Paris Observatory, France), Timothy Davis (Cardiff University, UK), Michael Gladders (University of Chicago), Alexey Vikhlinin (CfA), Paul Nulsen (CfA), Preeti Kharb (National Centre for Radio Astrophysics — Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, India ), Stefi Baum (University of Manitoba, Canada), Christopher O’Dea (University of Manitoba, Canada), Keren Sharon (University of Michigan), Bryan Terrazas (Columbia University), Rebecca Nevin (Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory), Aimee Schechter (University of Colorado Boulder), John ZuHone (CfA), Michael McDonald (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Hakon Dahle (University of Oslo, Norway), Matthew B. Bayliss (University of Cincinnati), Thomas Connor (CfA), Michael Florian (University of Arizona), Jane Rigby (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center), and Sravani Vaddi (Arecibo Observatory) NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center manages the Chandra program. The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory’s Chandra X-ray Center controls science operations from Cambridge, Massachusetts, and flight operations from Burlington, Massachusetts. Read more from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory. For more Chandra images, multimedia and related materials, visit: https://www.nasa.gov/mission/chandra-x-ray-observatory/ Visual Description: This is an image of a cluster of galaxies called SDSS J1531+3414 in X-ray, optical, and radio light. The overall scene resembles a colorful display of lights as if viewed through a wet, glass window. Blurry orange dots of different sizes are scattered across a black background. These orange dots are entire galaxies. Near the center of the image, two central galaxies appear as bright, white dots. Star clusters, resembling beads on a string in shades of electric blue, sweep over the galaxy on the left, through the space in between the galaxy pair, and then lightly coil beneath both galaxies. Clouds of blue, X-ray light, and dark pink, radio light, surround the two galaxies. The blue cloud spreads out for thousands of light-years toward the region above the central galaxies. The dark pink cloud, somewhat resembling the shape of an upside down spinning top toy, stretches far below the two galaxies and slightly toward our left. This dark pink cloud represents the remains of a powerful jet, produced by a supermassive black hole within one of the two central galaxies. In the upper right corner of the image, another dark pink cloud is present. This cloud may be the relic of a counter-jet from the same black hole outburst. News Media Contact Megan WatzkeChandra X-ray CenterCambridge, Mass.617-496-7998 Jonathan DealMarshall Space Flight CenterHuntsville, Ala.256-544-0034

[thatonegaybastard]

Mr Dingledong himself is here! He prototpyrd her kernelsprite with a pony and they wield a trident whivh is also badass. Picklr is in the Land of Fiction and Rogues (LOFAR) and apparently it absolutely sucks there

[the-divine-realms]

Morkantis, the Prime World, pt 3

Next on our list of peoples to cover is the Morkantis elves, though they are far fewer in number than they once were. I wanted a change of pace with the elves for this project, having spent most of my life surrounded by Warcraft and Tolkien-esque elves.

Morressians, the Elves of the Prime World

The first children of the Divines, and longest lived of the mortal races, the morressians have a nasty habit of developing zealous beliefs as they delve deeper and deeper into their studies of the world's various magics. This zeal has brought them tremendous discoveries, at times with terrible prices.

Kannessian; nearly extinct after their monstrous magical attack brought the Progenitor, personally, to remove them from the Realm; what few elves that remain from what is now Cascaudia reside with the enjilis at Haven. Incredibly well versed in all types of magics, this small population has proven an invaluable learning resource for the growing Cascaudian population.

Noressian; under the rule of a zealous theocracy in the far northern land of Nores, the 'frost elves' have used their intense study of magics to fully acclimate themselves to the harsh environment they live in. Unfortunately, their leadership has come under the influence of Desicar messengers, leading them into conflict with the southern lands of Dirlin and Bozbon in search of the Essence of Light.

Loressian; widely considered one of the most peaceful and studious of the elven race, the native people of Lofar invest a majority of their long lives in the study of the cosmos and the seas. Unlike their mainland cousins, the Loressians seek out a path to expand the world's knowledge rather than their own; often freely sharing star charts and other knowledge with any who seek them out.

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