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astrophysics

Brightest-Ever Space Explosion Reveals Hints of Dark Matter

By Jonathan O'Callaghan
October 26, 2022
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A recent gamma-ray burst known as the BOAT — “brightest of all time” — appears to have produced a high-energy particle that shouldn’t exist. For some, dark matter provides the explanation.

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quantum physics

Experiments Spell Doom for Decades-Old Explanation of Quantum Weirdness

By Philip Ball
October 20, 2022
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Physical-collapse theories have long offered a natural solution to the central mystery of the quantum world. But a series of increasingly precise experiments are making them untenable.

Multimedia

Inside the Proton, the ‘Most Complicated Thing' Imaginable

By Charlie Wood +1 authors
Merrill Sherman
October 19, 2022
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The positively charged particle at the heart of the atom is an object of unspeakable complexity, one that changes its appearance depending on how it is probed.

three side-by-side photos of men (one a blond man in a black turtleneck, one a man with white hair and a beard, and one with brown hair and a graying mustache. overlaid on the images are magenta circles connected by dotted lines, suggesting the phenomenon of quantum entanglement.
Nobel Prize

Pioneering Quantum Physicists Win Nobel Prize in Physics

By Charlie Wood
October 4, 2022
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Alain Aspect, John Clauser and Anton Zeilinger have won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics for groundbreaking experiments with entangled particles.

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quantum gravity

Physicists Rewrite a Quantum Rule That Clashes With Our Universe

By Charlie Wood
September 26, 2022
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The past and the future are tightly linked in conventional quantum mechanics. Perhaps too tightly. A tweak to the theory could let quantum possibilities increase as space expands.

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condensed matter physics

High-Temperature Superconductivity Understood at Last

By Charlie Wood
September 21, 2022
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A new atomic-scale experiment all but settles the origin of the strong form of superconductivity seen in cuprate crystals, confirming a 35-year-old theory.

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complex systems

Chaos Researchers Can Now Predict Perilous Points of No Return

By Ben Brubaker
September 15, 2022
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A custom-built machine learning algorithm can predict when a complex system is about to switch to a wildly different mode of behavior.

quantum gravity

Black Hole's Orbiting Ring of Light Could Encrypt Its Inner Secrets

By Thomas Lewton
September 8, 2022
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Physicists have discovered that the ring of photons orbiting a black hole exhibits a special kind of symmetry, hinting at a deeper meaning.

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astronomy

Webb Space Telescope Snaps Its First Photo of an Exoplanet

By Jonathan O'Callaghan
September 1, 2022
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The grainy image of a “super-Jupiter” is a sign of what’s to come as the telescope’s exoplanet observations ramp up.


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