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New Microcomb could Help Discover Exoplanets and Detect Diseases

March 5, 2021
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Göteborg, Sweden — A microcomb is a photonic device capable of generating a myriad of optical frequencies – colours – on a tiny cavity known as microresonator. These colours are uniformly...

Exploring the Source of Stars and Planets in Laboratory

October 27, 2020
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Princeton, NJ — A new method for verifying a widely held but unproven theoretical explanation of the formation of stars and planets has been proposed by researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s...

Exotic Mixtures

June 25, 2020
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Dresden, Germany — Recreating extreme conditions in the lab, like those in the interior of planets and stars, is very complex and can only be achieved for fractions of a second. An international research...

Astronomers Use Slime Mold Model to Reveal Dark Threads of Cosmic Web

March 12, 2020
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Santa Cruz, CA — A computational approach inspired by the growth patterns of a bright yellow slime mold has enabled a team of astronomers and computer scientists at UC Santa Cruz to trace the filaments...

Astronomers Detect Biggest Explosion in the History of the Universe

February 28, 2020
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Bentley, Western Australia — Scientists studying a distant galaxy cluster have discovered the biggest explosion seen in the Universe since the Big Bang. The blast came from a supermassive black...

Quantum Paradox Experiment may Lead to More Accurate Clocks and Sensors

October 15, 2019
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Brisbane, Australia — More accurate clocks and sensors may result from a recently proposed experiment, linking an Einstein-devised paradox to quantum mechanics. University of Queensland physicist...

New ‘Fuzzy’ Dark Matter Research Disrupts Conventional Thinking

October 4, 2019
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Brighton, UK — New research conducted at the University of Sussex has simulated dark matter in a new way, disrupting conventional thinking about the make-up of the universe. The research, published...

NASA Visualization Shows a Black Hole’s Warped World

September 27, 2019
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Greenbelt, MD — This new visualization of a black hole illustrates how its gravity distorts our view, warping its surroundings as if seen in a carnival mirror. The visualization simulates the appearance...

New Model Proposes Jets Go Superluminal in Gamma-Ray Bursts

September 25, 2019
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Houghton, MI — Astrophysicists Jon Hakkila of the College of Charleston and Robert Nemiroff of the Michigan Technological University have published research indicating that blasts that create gamma-ray...

Most Massive Neutron Star Ever Detected, Almost Too Massive to Exist

September 18, 2019
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Green Bank, WV — Neutron stars – the compressed remains of massive stars gone supernova – are the densest “normal” objects in the known universe. (Black holes are technically...

‘Ringing’ Black Hole Validates Einstein’s General Relativity 10 Years Ahead of Schedule

September 16, 2019
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Stony Brook, NY — For the first time, astrophysicists have heard a black hole ringing like a bell. By reanalyzing the first black hole merger ever detected, the astrophysicists measured the gravitational...

Study Reveals ‘Radical’ Wrinkle in Forming Complex Carbon Molecules in Space

September 4, 2019
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Berkeley, CA — A team of scientists has discovered a new possible pathway toward forming carbon structures in space using a specialized chemical exploration technique at the Department of Energy’s...

Virtual ‘Universe Machine’ Sheds Light on Galaxy Evolution

August 12, 2019
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Tucson, AZ — How do galaxies such as our Milky Way come into existence? How do they grow and change over time? The science behind galaxy formation has remained a puzzle for decades, but a University...

Astronomers Map Vast Void in Our Cosmic Neighborhood

July 23, 2019
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Honolulu, Hawaii — An astronomer from the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy and an international team published a new study that reveals more of the vast cosmic structure surrounding our...

Research Reveals the Early Days of the Milky Way

July 23, 2019
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Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain — The universe 13,000 million years ago was very different from the universe we know today. It is understood that stars were forming at a very rapid rate, forming the...

Speeding up Science on Near-Earth Asteroids

July 17, 2019
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Pullman, WA — Modelling the shape and movement of near-Earth asteroids is now up to 25 times faster thanks to new Washington State University research. The WSU scientists improved the software used...

Interstellar Iron Isn’t Missing, It’s Just Hiding in Plain Sight

July 10, 2019
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Tempe, AZ — Astrophysicists know that iron (chemical symbol: Fe) is one of the most abundant elements in the universe, after lightweight elements such as hydrogen, carbon, and oxygen. Iron is most...

Cool Halo Gas Caught Spinning like Galactic Disks

June 19, 2019
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Maunakea, Hawaii — A group of astronomers led by Crystal Martin and Stephanie Ho of the University of California, Santa Barbara, has discovered a dizzying cosmic choreography among typical star-forming...

Researchers Wonder If Ancient Supernovae Prompted Human Ancestors to Walk Upright

May 29, 2019
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Lawrence, KS — Did ancient supernovae induce proto-humans to walk on two legs, eventually resulting in homo sapiens with hands free to build cathedrals, design rockets and snap iPhone selfies? A...

Three Exocomets Discovered Around the Star Beta Pictoris

May 22, 2019
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Innsbruck, Austria — Just about a year after the launch of the NASA mission TESS, the first three comets orbiting the nearby star Beta Pictoris outside our solar system were discovered in data from...

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