Something Just Passed Between Us and a Distant Star.
On the night of 18 December 2019, a star in our satellite galaxy, the Large Magellanic Cloud, briefly…
The Weirdness of Early Universe SMBHs Gets Even Weirder
Somewhere in the future, there’s a finish line in the marathon to understand supermassive black holes (SMBH). We…
A New Model Helps Astronomers Study How Merging Black Holes Ring
Gravitational wave astronomy has been a tremendous breakthrough in our understanding of black holes. We can now detect…
“Little red dot” in early Universe is a naked supermassive black hole
These models placed the black hole’s mass at about 50 million times that of the Sun, which is…
Incredible Discovery Changes Over 80 Years Of Thinking About Aerodynamics And Suggests Dramatic Aero Improvements
For modern car design, aerodynamics are important. Incredibly important, even. Why else would carmakers spend so much time…
Ultraviolet-C to mid-infrared supercontinuum generation in periodically poled lithium tantalate waveguides
Principle concept and structural design Figure 1 schematically illustrates the proposed waveguide structure for achieving UV to MIR…
The Universe’s Most Powerful Particles May Be Even Stranger Than Scientists Thought
Artist’s impression of an ultra-high-energy cosmic ray reaching Earth. New research suggests that some of the highest-energy cosmic…
Physicists finally agree on the true size of the proton
Physics textbooks gave the proton a radius. Independent labs around the world kept arriving at the same number,…
Could a cosmic uncertainty principle help explain dark matter?
Anyone who has been paying attention to cosmology over the past few years is aware of problems with…
Scientists use ultra-fast lasers to force magnetism into 3D shapes
For the first time, an international team of researchers has experimentally observed magnetic hopfions. This is a new…
Tiny droplets of primordial soup appear in oxygen collisions – Physics World
Tiny droplets of primordial soup appear in oxygen collisions – Physics World Skip to main content Discover more…
Scientists break 30-year superconductivity record at normal pressure
University of Houston researchers have achieved a major superconductivity breakthrough by setting a new temperature record for superconductors…