NASA space telescope gets 1st clear X-ray image of sun-like star blowing a bubble
02 Mar
Science & Technology

NASA space telescope gets 1st clear X-ray image of sun-like star blowing a bubble

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Astronomers have captured the first views of a young sun-like star blowing bubbles, offering a rare glimpse at how our solar neighborhood might have behaved in its youth. Using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatoryresearchers observed HD 61005 — a young star located about 120 light-years from Earth with roughly the same mass and temperature as our sun — and detected a vast bubble of hot gas surrounding it. This wind-blown bubble, known as an "astrosphere," forms when a star's powerful stellar wind slams into surrounding interstellar gas and dust, carving out a protective cavity much like the sun's heliosphere that shields our solar system from galactic cosmic rays, according to a statement from NASA. This marks the first X-ray evidence of an astrosphere around a star like our sungiving astronomers their clearest look yet at one of these...
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Young adults in Philly advocate for gun ownership education, even after experiencing tragedy
30 Oct
Top Stories

Young adults in Philly advocate for gun ownership education, even after experiencing tragedy

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Top Stories Tamfitronics Gun violence in Philadelphia has become a national news story, but 22-year-old resident Isaiah Stanton knows about the gun crisis there firsthand.Last year, he opened up the Citizen app, which provides location-based safety alerts, only to find out that his brother Ronald Wimberley, a jokester with a big personality and a bigger laugh, had been fatally shot.Wimberely was 26 when he was killed in Philadelphia. His case remains unsolved and no arrests have been made. He had a daughter named Naomi, loved dirt bikes and enjoyed gardening.“After his passing, it really inspired me just to go like 10 times harder,” Stanton said. “My brother, he’s watching me. He’s proud, you know, that I’m doing so good.”Ronald Wimberly's funeral program.Courtesy Kimberly JonesAs of Oct. 1, there were 841 shootings in Philadelphia this year...
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Young Gay Latinos See Rising Share of New HIV Cases, Leading to Call for Targeted Funding
26 Jun
Health News

Young Gay Latinos See Rising Share of New HIV Cases, Leading to Call for Targeted Funding

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Health News tamfitronics CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Four months after seeking asylum in the U.S., Fernando Hermida began coughing and feeling tired. He thought it was a cold. Then sores appeared in his groin and he would soak his bed with sweat. He took a test.On New Year’s Day 2022, at age 31, Hermida learned he had HIV.“I thought I was going to die,” he said, recalling how a chill washed over him as he reviewed his results. He struggled to navigate a new, convoluted health care system. Through an HIV organization he found online, he received a list of medical providers to call in Washington, D.C., where he was at the time, but they didn’t return his calls for weeks. Hermida, who speaks only Spanish, didn’t know where to turn.By the time of Hermida’s diagnosis,...
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