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New Star Matches the Chemical Footprint of Vanished Stars

A star with a chemical makeup unlike anything they have ever seen has been found by astronomers on the edge of the Milky Way Galaxy. It is consistent with theoretical predictions for the chemical signature of extremely large, very early stars.

8 Jun 2023

What's Behind 2022's Brightest Cosmic Explosion?

The cosmic explosion that was observed on October 22nd, 2022 and fittingly dubbed the Brightest of All Time (BOAT) has garnered more interest from space experts than a few others.

8 Jun 2023

VLBA Discovers Classical Novae Is Not as Simple as Once Believed

Using the Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory to analyze classical novae, a graduate student found evidence that the objects may have been mistakenly typecast as simple.

7 Jun 2023

Learning More About What Occurs in the Stars’ Innermost Regions

As of yet, only binary systems—the merging of two black holes, two neutron stars, or one of each—have produced gravitational waves.

6 Jun 2023

Blackholes and Large Objects in the Universe Both Evaporate in a Similar Way

Theoretical work by Radboud University’s Michael Wondrak, Walter van Suijlekom, and Heino Falcke has proven that Stephen Hawking was mostly correct regarding black holes.

5 Jun 2023

DOE Grants Critical Decision-3A for the MOLLER Experiment

The U.S. Department of Energy has given the greenlight for the MOLLER experiment to begin procurement of key components with its granting of Critical Decision-3A (CD-3A): Approve Long Lead Procurements.

5 Jun 2023

COMSOL Launches Open-Access Learning Center for Multiphysics Modeling

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2 Jun 2023

Researchers Develop Highly Sensitive Particle Detectors for Finding Axions

To hear an axion, you have to be listening very, very carefully.

2 Jun 2023

Testing the Theory of Quantum Electrodynamics

To gain better insight into how light and matter interact at atomic and subatomic scales, researchers should strip their measurements of such interactions down to the bare essentials.

26 May 2023

New Nanodevice can Measure the Absolute Power Of Microwave Radiation at Ultra-Low Temperatures

Scientists in Finland have developed a nanodevice that can measure the absolute power of microwave radiation down to the femtowatt level at ultra-low temperatures – a scale trillion times lower than routinely used in verifiable power measurements.

26 May 2023