Legendary singer Celine Dion has withdrawn significantly from the spotlight after she was diagnosed with stiff person syndrome (SPS) back in 2022. While her performing career is in limbo‚ Dion is now working on a documentary‚ I Am: Celine Dion‚ chronicling her battle with stiff person syndrome that will shine a spotlight on the rare condition and her hopeful journey back to the stage. SPS is a rare autoimmune neurological disorder that manifests in muscle stiffness‚ spasms‚ pain‚ unsteady gait‚ double vision‚ and slurred speech. In the wake of her ongoing struggle with stiff person syndrome‚ Dion has been receiving extensive support from her family‚ though her sister admits there has been only so much they can do about her pain. This documentary will teach viewers an unprecedented amount about SPS and Dion’s experience with it. Celine Dion is working on a documentary called ‘I Am: Celine Dion’ to chronicle her experience with stiff person syndrome   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Céline Dion (@celinedion) Earlier this week‚ Dion took to Instagram to update her fans on how she was doing and announce her documentary plans going forward. “Get ready!” she said. “I Am: Celine Dion‚ a documentary directed by Oscar-Nominated Irene Taylor‚ will be released globally on @primevideo.” RELATED: Source Says Celine Dion “Feels Stronger Now‚” Making More Public Appearances The caption continues‚ “This last couple of years has been such a challenge for me‚ the journey from discovering my condition to learning how to live with and manage it‚ but not to let it define me. As the road to resuming my performing career continues‚ I have realized how much I have missed it‚ of being able to see my fans.” It goes on‚ “During this absence‚ I decided I wanted to document this part of my life‚ to try to raise awareness of this little-known condition‚ to help others who share this diagnosis.” Dion’s career and plans for the future Celine Dion wants to share her story living with stiff person syndrome / © Sony Pictures Entertainment / Courtesy Everett Collection Last year’s Love Again featured Dion in her first film role‚ opposite Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Sam Heughan; it also featured 11 songs from Dion in the movie’s soundtrack. However‚ Dion admitted last May that she “will likely never tour again.” Even so‚ Dion wants to return to the stage and music production. “While we’re still learning about this rare condition‚ we now know this is what’s been causing all of the spasms that I’ve been having‚” said Dion in a video discussing her diagnosis. “Unfortunately‚ these spasms affect every aspect of my daily life‚ sometimes causing difficulties when I walk and not allowing me to use my vocal cords to sing the way I’m used to.” She wants to continue performing and worked on the soundtrack of Love Again / © Sony Pictures Entertainment / Courtesy Everett Collection Dion admitted that “touring can be very difficult even when you’re 100%‚” but “I want you all to know‚ I’m not giving up… and I can’t wait to see you again.” The official release date for the feature-length documentary I Am: Celine Dion will be announced at a later date‚ according to USA Today. The documentary I Am: Celine Dion will follow the singer’s life with SPS and her quest to return to the stage / Patricia Schlein starmaxinc.com STAR MAX 2016 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED RELATED: Florida Woman Shares How Car Crash Triggered Her Stiff Person Syndrome—The Same Disease Celine Dion Is Fighting Click for next Article The post New Documentary Will Follow Celine Dion’s Life With Stiff Person Syndrome‚ Return To Performing appeared first on DoYouRemember? - The Home of Nostalgia. Author‚ Dana Daly

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The field of exoplanet study continues to grow by leaps and bounds. As of the penning of this article‚ 5‚572 extrasolar planets have been confirmed in 4‚150 systems (with another 10‚065 candidates awaiting confirmation. Well‚ buckle up because six more exoplanets have been confirmed around TOI-1136‚ a Sun-like star located roughly 276 light-years from Earth. This star is less than 700 million years old‚ making it relatively young compared to our own (4.6 billion years). This system will allow astronomers to observe how systems like our own have evolved with time. The six-planet system was confirmed by the TESS Keck Survey‚ an international team of astronomers that searches for exoplanets by combing data obtained by the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) and the W.M. Keck Observatory (of which UC Riverside planetary astrophysics professor Stephen Kane is the principal investigator). The details of the six-planet system were presented in a series of papers that appeared in The Astronomical Journal. In the seventeenth and latest paper in the series‚ the survey team presented precise mass measurements of the six exoplanets‚ details about their orbits‚ and the characteristics of their atmospheres. To date‚ most of the exoplanets observed by astronomers have been either individual discoveries or one of just a few planets. But in some cases‚ such as Kepler-90 and TRAPPIST-1‚ astronomers have observed many planets in a single system (8 and 7‚ respectively). Depending on the age of their parent star‚ these systems present astronomers with the opportunity to observe how multi-planet systems formed and evolved. In the case of TOI-1136‚ its age sets it apart from many known systems‚ being merely 700 million years old. Artist’s impression of the planetary system around Kepler-90‚ a Sun-like star 2‚545 light years from Earth. Credits: NASA Tara Fetherolf‚ a visiting assistant professor of astrophysics at Cal State San Marcos and co-author of a new paper‚ explained in a UC Riverside News release: “Because few star systems have as many planets as this one does‚ it’s getting close in size to our own Solar System. It’s both similar enough and different enough that we can learn a lot. This gives us a look at planets right after they’ve formed‚ and solar system formation is a hot topic. Any time we find a multi-planet system it gives us more information to inform our theories about how systems come to be and how our system.” Initial observations of the system were made in 2019 using TESS‚ which was followed up with observations using the High-Resolution Echelle Spectrometer (HIRES) at the W.M. Keck Observatory and the Automated Planet Finder (APF) at the Lick Observatory. The latter observations allowed the team to precisely constrain the mass of the planets using the Radial Velocity measurements (where slight variations in the star’s motion indicate the gravitational forces acting on it). This yielded estimates of about 3.5 (TOI-1135 b) to 9.7 (TOI-1135 f) Earth masses‚ placing them between Super Earths to Mini-Neptunes. The team also used Transit Timing variations‚ where dips in a star’s luminosity are used to determine the presence of planets (and their size). They then created computer models where the velocity measurements were layered over the transit data‚ yielding more information about the system. Typically‚ young stars are difficult to study because they are so active‚ possessing powerful magnetic fields‚ sunspots‚ and powerful solar flares that influence their planets by affecting their atmospheres. Since all the planets observed around TOI-1136 are of a similar age‚ they likely formed under similar conditions. An amusing rendition of the TOI-1136 system if each body in the system were a duck or duckling. Credit: Rae Holcomb/UCI And since the planets of this system are relatively close to each other‚ the team was able to measure something hard to gauge in other systems. As Kane summarized: “Young stars misbehave all the time. They’re very active‚ just like toddlers. That can make high-precision measurements difficult. This will help us not only do a one-to-one comparison of how planets change with time but also how their atmospheres evolved at different distances from the star‚ which is perhaps the most key thing.” The results of this study could have far-reaching implications for exoplanet research and the search for life in the cosmos (astrobiology). According to the most recent fossilized evidence‚ life emerged on Earth during the Archaean Eon (ca. 3.9 billion years ago)‚ almost immediately after it formed. While many of TOI-1136’s planets orbit too closely and are subject to too much radiation to make life likely‚ the team hopes that observations of this system will ultimately answer questions of how our planet and life as we know it came to be. “Are we rare?” said Kane. “I’m increasingly convinced our system is highly unusual in the Universe. Finding systems so unlike our own makes it increasingly clear how our Solar System fits into the broader context of formation around other stars.” Further Reading: UC Riverside‚ The Astronomical Journal The post Six Planets Found Orbiting an Extremely Young Star appeared first on Universe Today.