Over 100 Years Later, Ramanujan’s Unexpected Formulas Are Still Unraveling The Mysteries Of The Universe
There are few things more pleasing to your average mathematician than when a result surprises you. Take e,…
Hidden dimensions could explain where mass comes from
The geometry of space itself may play a far more central role in physics than previously thought. Instead…
High-Tech ‘Bubble Wrap’ Lets You Hold Fire Without Getting Burned
Buildings can leak a lot of heat. Scientists think the remedy might come in the form of fireproof,…
Legendary Nobel Prize winning physicist explains why super smart people make dumb decisions
The man feeding the paper was Joe Eszterhas, the brash, polarizing screenwriter behind Flashdance and Jagged Edge. Eszterhas…
Brightest-ever lensed supernova reveals astronomy’s coming revolution
Sign up for the Starts With a Bang newsletter Travel the universe with Dr. Ethan Siegel as he…
New quantum antenna reveals a hidden terahertz world
A research team from the Faculty of Physics and the Centre for Quantum Optical Technologies at the Centre…
Scientists crack the atomic code behind single-photon quantum emitters
Imagine a light switch so small it is made from just a few atoms, and so precise it…
How Do Astronomers Find Planets in Other Solar Systems?
It was almost 100 years ago that Clyde W. Tombaugh discovered Pluto. That was the last planet found…
Ghost particles slip through Earth and spark a hidden atomic reaction
Neutrinos are among the most puzzling particles known to science and are often called ‘ghost particles’ because they…
New Mapping of the Universe Reveals Key Insights About Dark Matter
In a new study published in The Open Journal of Astrophysics, scientists have unveiled a new mapping of…
Qubits break long-held quantum limit by evolving in superposed time paths
For decades, physicists believed that even the strangest quantum objects had a hard limit on how strongly their…
3I/ATLAS: ESA’s XMM-NEWTON Caught The Exocomet Under X-ray Light; Here’s What It Found
The European Space Agency (ESA) released x-ray imagery of 3I/ATLAS, the third-ever recorded interstellar interloper in the solar…