UBS sees shift in new billionaires away from entrepreneurs to inherited wealth
ZURICH Billionaires increased in numbers and overall wealth last year, Swiss bank UBS said on Thursday, with the
2023-11-30 16:28
Astronomers find unprecedented ‘disc’ around distant planet
Scientists have found the first ever disc structure around a star outside of our own Milky Way. The disc is around a young massive star forming in a stellar nursery called N180. It is within the Larg Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf galaxy that neighbours ours. The disc is 163,000 light years from Earth – meaning that it is not only the first to be detected outside of our galaxy, but also the most distant such disc ever seen. Matter cannot fall straight into a star. Instead, it flattens out, making a disc that spins around the star. Closer to the star, the disc rotates faster. Scientists caught that difference in speed using telescopes, confirming that it is a disc around a distant star. Scientists have seen such discs before, but only in our own galaxy. Being able to see them outside of the Milky Way is a remarkable feat of technology, scientists said. Lead author of the study, Dr Anna McLeod from Centre for Extragalactic Astronomy, Durham University said: “When I first saw evidence for a rotating structure in the ALMA data, I could not believe that we had detected the first extragalactic accretion disc; it was a special moment. “We know discs are vital to forming stars and planets in our galaxy, and here, for the first time, we’re seeing direct evidence for this in another galaxy. “We are in an era of rapid technological advancement when it comes to astronomical facilities. “Being able to study how stars form at such incredible distances and in a different galaxy is very exciting.” The findings are reported in a new article, ‘A likely Keplerian disk feeding an optically revealed massive young star’, published in Nature. Read More Astronomers find unprecedented ‘disc’ around distant planet Scientists find planets moving around in strange ‘rhythm’ Astronomers discover new six-planet system
2023-11-30 16:27
Exclusive-China Evergrande seeks to avoid liquidation with last-ditch debt plan-sources
By Clare Jim, Scott Murdoch and Xie Yu HONG KONG China Evergrande Group, the world's most indebted property
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LatticeFlow Announces Intelligent Workflows for Eliminating AI Blind Spots
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Explainer-Possible Evergrande liquidation order and what happens next
By Clare Jim and Scott Murdoch HONG KONG China Evergrande Group, the world's most indebted property developer, is
2023-11-30 16:16
Cincoze Unveils Its Latest Alder Lake-P High-performance Panel PCs
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Stock market today: Asian shares mostly higher ahead of US price update, OPEC+ meeting
Asian shares are mostly higher ahead of the release of U.S. consumer inflation data
2023-11-30 15:57
Fed starting gun for $6 trillion dash from cash: McGeever
By Jamie McGeever ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) -If cash has been king, the Fed may be plotting regicide. As the Federal
2023-11-30 15:54
SMFG names deputy Nakashima as group CEO after predecessor's death
TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group said on Thursday it has appointed Deputy President and Executive Officer Toru Nakashima
2023-11-30 15:25
Investors bullish on most Asian FX as US interest rate bets shift- Reuters poll
By Roushni Nair Investors turned bullish on most emerging Asian currencies, as prospects of a potential end to
2023-11-30 14:55
Mercedes-Benz and BMW to establish JV for high-power charging network in China
German automaker Mercedes-Benz said on Thursday it had reached an agreement with BMW to establish a joint venture
2023-11-30 14:50
ECB haunted by bond buys in Swedish property crisis
By John O'Donnell and Francesco Canepa FRANKFURT A debt crunch at Swedish property group SBB has left the
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