New Image Reveals Persistent Energy Asymmetry Around Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS
KEY OBSERVATIONS • A faint object resolves into an unexpected geometry.• The glow does…
Hidden quantum spin liquid behavior confirmed in a new kagome crystal
Deep inside some magnetic materials, electrons can behave in ways that seem to defy common sense. Instead of…
Reinhard Genzel, Nobel laureate in physics: ‘One-minute videos will never give you the truth’ | Science
German astrophysicist Reinhard Genzel, 73, takes the stage. He then begins his lecture in the most unexpected way:…
Stardust contains life’s ingredients – but how do they travel?
For decades, scientists thought dust helped aging stars push gas into space – but a nearby star shows…
A Black Hole Ejects Matter at Highest Speed Ever Observed.
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Who was Amelia Frank? The life of a forgotten physicist
In 1977, an American physicist named John H. Van Vleck won the Nobel prize for his work on…
Astronomers Uncover Mysterious Double Nucleus At The Heart Of Galaxy NGC 4486B
In a recent study, astronomers reported the discovery of a rare double nucleus in the nearby galaxy NGC…
Physicists close in on the elusive sterile neutrino
Neutrinos are extraordinarily difficult to detect, yet they are among the most abundant matter particles in the Universe.…
New ‘dark photon’ theory would completely upend quantum physics
For centuries, most scientists have shared the belief that light behaves as both a wave and a particle.…
What To Do When Your Foucault Pendulum Stops Swinging
At the Houston Museum of Natural Science they recently made a disturbing discovery: their Foucault pendulum had stopped…