Japanese Scientists Solve Decades-Old Quantum Puzzle, Paving the Way for Teleportation and Advanced Computing
Scientists from Kyoto University and Hiroshima University have identified a novel method of understanding the long-elusive W state…
Scientists Detect Strange Signal in Gravitational Waves
For the first time, astrophysicists have measured the recoil — or “kick,” in the parlance — resulting from…
Atomic-scale imaging of frequency-dependent phonon anisotropy
Schubert, M. et al. Anisotropy, phonon modes, and free charge carrier parameters in monoclinic β-gallium oxide single crystals.…
Mystery objects in the early universe may be black hole stars
Not everything in the universe is what it seems. Some things, like tiny red objects captured by NASA’s…
What are the ‘magic numbers’ in nuclear physics, and why are they so powerful?
Some atoms are stable, while others seem to fall apart. Lead-208 will probably last forever, while the synthetic…
Unprecedented ‘Einstein Cross’ Reveals Fifth Ghost Image and a Dark Matter Surprise
When gravity—an invisible yet ubiquitous force—bends and distorts light from distant galaxies, Earthbound observers get a rare glimpse…
Mysterious “Universe Breaker” Red Dots Could Be Black Holes in Disguise
Artist’s impression of a black hole star (not to scale). Mysterious tiny pinpoints of light discovered at the…
LIGO’s 10th anniversary gift confirms Hawking’s theorem
Sign up for the Starts With a Bang newsletter Travel the universe with Dr. Ethan Siegel as he…
This Giant Subterranean Neutrino Detector Is Taking On the Mysteries of Physics
Located 700 meters underground near the city of Jiangmen in southern China, a giant sphere—35 meters in diameter…
Physicists just found a way to make “something from nothing”
In 1951, physicist Julian Schwinger theorized that by applying a uniform electrical field to a vacuum, electron-positron pairs…
Top quarks embrace in quasi-bound toponium – Physics World
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We could see such a black hole explosion in the next 10 years, scientists find
A decade ago, the first gravitational waves confirmed that black holes collide. Telescopes soon revealed shadows of giants…