Just Like Stars, Open Clusters Can Form Binary Pairs
Open star clusters are some of the most dazzling objects in the sky. The small ones contain a…
In 1987 a star exploded in a nearby galaxy, and detectors deep underground caught the burst of neutrinos roughly three hours before any telescope on Earth saw the light arrive.
In 1987 a star exploded in a nearby galaxy, and detectors deep underground caught the burst of neutrinos…
Twisted graphene reveals a hidden superconductivity switch
Researchers have uncovered evidence that superconductivity can be controlled by changing a material’s surrounding environment, a breakthrough that…
Scientists Discover Sperm Seem To Bypass a Fundamental Law of Physics
Human sperm cells may swim by exploiting unusual “odd elasticity” within their flagella, helping them move through highly…
ATLAS Collaboration Physicists Just Revealed the Discovery of an Entirely New Exotic Particle
Physicists with the ATLAS Collaboration report the first observation of an exotic new particle, which could help deepen…
Magnon Breakthrough Could Shrink Quantum Computers to the Size of a Penny
Researchers have shown that elusive magnetic excitations can survive far longer than previously thought, opening new possibilities for…
‘A Paradigm Shift’: Supermassive Black Hole Without a Galaxy Changes What We Thought Came First
While probing the dawn of the universe for the origins of ancient galaxies, the James Webb Space Telescope…
Open data: the benefits and challenges of sharing a precious resource – Physics World
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Astrophysical Calibration Could “Autotune” Gravitational Wave Detection
Ever since gravitational waves were first confirmed in 2017 by scientists at the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory…
‘Lost World’ of Gravitational Waves Reveals The Origins of Black Holes : ScienceAlert
Of all the objects in the Universe, few are as perplexing as black holes. Over the last decade,…
Physicist John Hill takes the helm at Brookhaven National Laboratory – Physics World
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Most powerful ‘ghost particle’ ever may have come from a cosmic particle accelerator fed by a black hole
Scientists have discovered an ultra-powerful “ghost particle” or neutrino, which struck Earth and was detected in the Mediterranean…