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Understanding the Formation of Supermassive Black Holes

A study performed by a research group at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) has displayed that a strange thin structure of stars, which has been recently found by the Hubble Space Telescope, can be a galaxy seen edge-on.

10 May 2023

Revealing Greater Details About eRosita Galactic Bubbles

New proof has been disclosed by astronomers regarding the properties of the huge bubbles of high-energy gas that extend far above and below the center of the Milky Way Galaxy.

9 May 2023

Leaky-Wave Metasurfaces: An Elegant Solution for Bridging Free-Space Optics and Integrated Photonics

Researchers at Columbia Engineering have developed a new class of integrated photonic devices--"leaky-wave metasurfaces"--that can convert light initially confined in an optical waveguide to an arbitrary optical pattern in free space.

9 May 2023

Using Ultrabright X-Ray Beams to Understand Materials Important to Hydrogen Production

A research team led by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory used powerful X-ray beams to unlock a new understanding of materials important to the production and use of hydrogen.

9 May 2023

Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider Gets Ready for Full-Energy Heavy-Ion Collisions for the First Time

The start of this year's physics run at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) also marks the start of a new era.

9 May 2023

Local Fluctuations Influencing the Spin Orientation of Particles

A few particles that form in the boiling soup of matter created by atomic nuclei colliding seem to have a preferred “global spin alignment.” Ordinary protons and neutrons’ borders are melted by collisions, releasing quarks and gluons, the fundamental particles that make up a particle.

8 May 2023

JUICE Mission to Jupiter: Exxelia High Reliability Passive Components Ready to Withstand Extreme Space Conditions

Exxelia, one of the world leaders in high-performance passive component design and manufacturing, is proud to announce that its capacitors and magnetics have been selected for use in the European Space Agency's (ESA) JUICE (Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer) mission.

8 May 2023

Gaining Deep Insights into Neutron Star Properties

At the Institute of Modern Physics (IMP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), scientists and their collaborators recently quantified the masses of numerous key nuclei with high accuracy by employing a sophisticated storage-ring mass spectrometry technique.

5 May 2023

Polarized X-Rays from Magnetars can be Explained by a Quantum Electrodynamics Effect

A "beautiful effect" predicted by quantum electrodynamics (QED) can explain the puzzling first observations of polarized X-rays emitted by a magnetar – a neutron star featuring a powerful magnetic field, according to a Cornell astrophysicist.

5 May 2023