Category Archives: physics
Time Entanglement Raises Quantum Mysteries | Quanta Magazine
Quantum Weirdness Now a Matter of Time Bizarre quantum bonds connect distinct moments in time, suggesting that quantum links — not space-time — constitute the fundamental structure of the universe.
Source: Time Entanglement Raises Quantum Mysteries | Quanta Magazine
Physicists and Philosophers Debate the Boundaries of Science | Quanta Magazine
If a theory can’t be tested, is it still science?
Physicists and Philosophers Debate the Boundaries of Science | Quanta Magazine
Caught in the act | ESA/Hubble
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured the image of the first-ever predicted supernova explosion. The reappearance of the Refsdal supernova was calculated from different models of the galaxy cluster whose immense gravity is warping the supernova’s light.
Caught in the act | ESA/Hubble
Fermi Telescope Caps First Year With Glimpse of Space-Time (w/ Video)
This view of the gamma-ray sky constructed from one year of Fermi LAT observations is the best view of the extreme universe to date. The map shows the rate at which the LAT detects gamma rays with energies above 300 million electron volts — about 120 million times the energy of visible light — from different sky directions. Brighter colors equal higher rates. Credit: NASA/DOE/Fermi LAT Collaboration.
Fermi Telescope Caps First Year With Glimpse of Space-Time (w/ Video)
Fermi Telescope Caps First Year With Glimpse of Space-Time (w/ Video)
This view of the gamma-ray sky constructed from one year of Fermi LAT observations is the best view of the extreme universe to date. The map shows the rate at which the LAT detects gamma rays with energies above 300 million electron volts — about 120 million times the energy of visible light — from different sky directions. Brighter colors equal higher rates. Credit: NASA/DOE/Fermi LAT Collaboration.
Fermi Telescope Caps First Year With Glimpse of Space-Time (w/ Video)
Holometer rules out first theory of space-time correlations | symmetry magazine
The extremely sensitive quantum-spacetime-measuring tool will serve as a template for continuing scientific exploration.
The extremely sensitive quantum-spacetime-measuring tool will serve as a template for continuing scientific exploration.
Holometer rules out first theory of space-time correlations | symmetry magazine
LISA Pathfinder will pave the way for us to ‘see’ black holes for the first time
Stick with me and I’ll show you the universe. Artist’s impression of LISA Pathfinder. Credit: ESA, CC BY-ND
LISA Pathfinder will pave the way for us to ‘see’ black holes for the first time
Earth might have hairy dark matter
This illustration shows Earth surrounded by theoretical filaments of dark matter called “hairs.” Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
The solar system might be a lot hairier than we thought. A new study publishing this week in the Astrophysical Journal by Gary Prézeau of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, proposes the existence of long filaments of dark matter, or “hairs.”
Kaon decay – asymmetry between matter & antimatter
Dr Nicolas Garron, a Research Fellow in the Centre of Mathematical Sciences, has helped to devise the first theoretical calculation of how the behavior of kaons differs when matter – anything with mass, such as the world around us – is swapped out for antimatter – made out of similar particles with opposite charge.
Ground-breaking research could challenge underlying principles of physics
X-ray microscope reveals ‘solitons,’ a special type of magnetic wave
An ultrafast camera coupled to a custom-built X-ray microscope at SLAC’s Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource allowed researchers to produce a six-frame “movie” of the soliton’s motion. It took about 12 hours to record enough X-ray data to produce the movie. Credit: Stefano Bonetti/Stockholm University
X-ray microscope reveals ‘solitons,’ a special type of magnetic wave
