Hubble Tension: Gravitational Lenses Confirm That Something Is Still Broken In The Universe
Researchers have calculated one of the most precise estimates for the expansion rate of the universe today, and…
Radio Signals from Antarctica Have Experts Scrambling—They Defy All Known Science
The Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna (ANITA) experiment was launched with the goal of detecting radio waves produced by…
Why Is Ice Slippery? A New Hypothesis Slides Into the Chat.
The reason we can gracefully glide on an ice-skating rink or clumsily slip on an icy sidewalk is…
Quantum realism is impossible » IAI TV
Quantum mechanics started out by saying access to fundamental reality was impossible. And from the outset, some imagined…
Where’s the normal matter in our universe?
Mysterious blasts of radio waves from across the universe called fast radio bursts help astronomers catalog the whereabouts…
Time might not exist – and we’re starting to understand why
The nature of time is one of the most profound and longstanding problems in physics – one that…
Ancient Stars’ Explosive History Could Protect Earth From Cosmic Radiation
A fascinating study, published in The Astrophysical Journal, has shed light on a mysterious chapter in our Solar…
What was the loudest sound ever recorded?
Live concerts, fireworks and roaring stadium crowds can reach dangerously high volumes — loud enough to cause permanent…
A 180-Year Assumption About Light Was Just Proven Wrong : ScienceAlert
Scientists have recently discovered an interaction between an electromagnetic wave and its own magnetic component as it passes…
Neutron stars challenge the existence of long theorized fifth force
Neutron stars are what remain after giant stars collapse, leaving behind a body so dense that its core…
Hexatic phase melting observed in real-time in ultra-thin materials
Researchers from the University of Vienna have observed what happens when ultra-thin materials melt in unprecedented detail. Their…
Scientists are turning Earth into a giant detector for hidden forces shaping our Universe
By placing ultra-sensitive quantum spin sensors in orbit, SQUIRE gains orders-of-magnitude improvements in detecting exotic physics signals. This…