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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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black holes

What Drives Galaxies? The Milky Way’s Black Hole May Be the Key.

By Thomas Lewton
August 23, 2022
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Supermassive black holes have come to the fore as engines of galactic evolution, but new observations of the Milky Way and its central hole don’t yet hang together.

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condensed matter physics

Physics Duo Finds Magic in Two Dimensions

By Charlie Wood
August 16, 2022
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In exploring a family of two-dimensional crystals, a husband-and-wife team is uncovering a potent variety of new electron behaviors.

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The Joy of Why

What Is Quantum Field Theory and Why Is It Incomplete?

By Steven Strogatz
August 10, 2022
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Quantum field theory may be the most successful scientific theory of all time, but there’s reason to think it’s missing something. Steven Strogatz speaks with theoretical physicist David Tong about this enigmatic theory.

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explainers

How the Physics of Nothing Underlies Everything

By Charlie Wood
August 9, 2022
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The key to understanding the origin and fate of the universe may be a more complete understanding of the vacuum.

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mathematical physics

At Long Last, Mathematical Proof That Black Holes Are Stable

By Steve Nadis
August 4, 2022
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The solutions to Einstein’s equations that describe a spinning black hole won’t blow up, even when poked or prodded.

theoretical physics

Particle Physicists Puzzle Over a New Duality

By Katie McCormick
August 1, 2022
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A hidden link has been found between two seemingly unrelated particle collision outcomes. It’s the latest example of a mysterious web of mathematical connections between disparate theories of physics.


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