Astronomers conducting a decade-long survey of the night sky have uncovered a new type of star near the center of the Milky Way, dubbed “old smokers.”
These aging giants remain inactive for decades, fading until nearly invisible before emitting clouds of smoke and dust.
Detected through infrared observations of nearly a billion stars, the findings, detailed in four studies published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, challenge previous notions about the distribution of heavy elements in the universe.
The old smoker stars, largely situated in the Milky Way’s inner nuclear disc, release matter in unexpected ways, potentially impacting the formation of future stars and planets.
The discovery prompts astronomers to reconsider the role of such stars in the cosmic life cycle of elements.
Source:Oman News Agency
Cairo, The Global Gathering to Support the Choice of Resistance renewed its full solidarity with Syria ithe schemes and conspiracies that it has been exposed to for more than a decade, stressing that Syria is the gateway to Arab national security.
That came during the delegation’s meeting with the Syria’s permanent representative to the Arab League, Ambassador Hussam al-Din Ala , at the Syrian Embassy’ headquarters in Cairo on Wednesday.
The delegation’s members pointed out to the brotherly relation s between the Egyptian and Syrian peoples, and Syria is the first line of defense for Egypt and the gateway to the Arab nation, as well as the terrorist organizations deployed in Syria are funded externally and implement external schemes.
For his part,Ambassador Ala praised the stances of the gathering members, their support for principled and just causes, and their solidarity with Syria in the face of the war of terrorism and media misinformation campaigns.
During the meeting, Ala presented the situation in
Syria, and the priorities of the Syrian state, which are eliminating terrorism, liberating all of the occupied Syrian territories, and developing the Syrian economy damaged by terrorism.
He pointed out that the seriousness of the stage requires strengthening Arab solidarity to confront the existential dangers threatening the Arab nation, especially in light of the war of genocide by the Israeli occupation entity against the Palestinian people to force them to leave their land and liquidate the Palestinian cause.
Source: Syrian Arab News Agency