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Black Holes’ Energy Loss May Power Powerful Astrophysical Jets

The common factor that everyone knows about black holes is that entirely everything nearby gets sucked into them.

15 Nov 2023

CALET Discovers Nearby, Young Cosmic Ray Electron Sources

A new study employing data from the International Space Station’s CALorimetric Electron Telescope (CALET) instrument has discovered evidence for nearby, young sources of cosmic ray electrons, which will lead to a better understanding of how the galaxy functions as a whole.

15 Nov 2023

Vacuum Fluctuation Experiments: Exploring the Boundaries of Physics

The vacuum is imagined to be completely empty. However, it is filled with an energetic flickering: quantum fluctuations.

14 Nov 2023

Achieving Spin Manipulation Technique with Femtosecond Precision

At the core of every magnetic material lies a realm where electrons, guided by the principles of quantum mechanics, engage in an invisible dance.

13 Nov 2023

James Webb Space Telescope Discovers Milky Way-like Galaxy in Early Universe

The most distant barred spiral galaxy that resembles the Milky Way that has been spotted to date has been found by an international team, led by astronomer Alexander de la Vega of the University of California, Riverside, using the James Webb Space Telescope.

10 Nov 2023

Webb Data Helps Assess the Rapid Rise in Oxygen in the Early Universe

Researchers have determined the amount of oxygen present in the early universe by utilizing recently acquired data from the James Webb Space Telescope.

10 Nov 2023

Atomic Dance Transforms Paramagnetic Crystal Into Magnet

Quantum materials hold the key to a future of lightning-speed, energy-efficient information systems. The problem with tapping their transformative potential is that, in solids, the vast number of atoms often drowns out the exotic quantum properties electrons carry.

10 Nov 2023

Scientists Find 14 New Transient Objects in Space by Peering Through a Galaxy “Magnifying Glass”

An international team of scientists, led by University of Missouri’s Haojing Yan, used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to discover 14 new transient objects during their time-lapse study of galaxy cluster MACS0416 — located about 4.3 billion light years from Earth — which they’ve dubbed as the “Christmas Tree Galaxy Cluster.”

10 Nov 2023

Detection of Particles by Magnetic Shielding Simulation

The advanced equipment used by particle physicists to search for charged particles such as neutrinos and cosmic rays picks up extremely faint light bursts that are released when incident particles interact with a medium.

9 Nov 2023

NSF Funds Annual Solicitation Seeking Physical Science Research Leveraging the ISS National Lab

For the ninth consecutive year, the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) is funding a solicitation that seeks proposals leveraging the International Space Station (ISS) National Laboratory for research in the physical science area of transport phenomena.

9 Nov 2023