Some stars have planets. Others are orbited by brown dwarfs, balls of gas too massive to be planets, but too low-mass to be stars. Astronomers love these brown dwarf-star pairs because being paired with a star helps reveal a brown dwarf’s age. Ages of astronomical objects are often hard to measure, but essential for understanding […]
Knorr-Bremse signs signalling tech framework agreement with AtkinsRéalis
Knorr-Bremse Rail Systems UK has announced the signing of a five-year framework agreement with AtkinsRéalis to continue supplying its advanced ElectroLogIXS signalling technology for deployment across the UK rail network. ElectroLogIXS is a SIL4-certified, Network Rail-approved signalling, interlocking, object controller, and level crossing solution designed to improve the safety, reliability, and operational efficiency of modern […]
Knorr-Bremse signs signalling tech framework agreement with AtkinsRéalis
Knorr-Bremse Rail Systems UK has announced the signing of a five-year framework agreement with AtkinsRéalis to continue supplying its advanced ElectroLogIXS signalling technology for deployment across the UK rail network. ElectroLogIXS is a SIL4-certified, Network Rail-approved signalling, interlocking, object controller, and level crossing solution designed to improve the safety, reliability, and operational efficiency of modern […]
NASA’s Fermi Mission Uncovers Possible Sibling Supernova Remnants
A new study of two supernova remnants, the debris left behind after stars explode, suggests the explosions came from stellar siblings that once orbited each other. The first star’s detonation sent its binary companion hurtling through space, and then, after traveling for thousands of years, the surviving star blew up too.