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Exploring “Heavy Flavor” Particles in Hot Nuclear Matter

In a new Topical Theory Collaboration supported by the Office of Nuclear Physics of the US Department of Energy (DOE), researchers at the Brookhaven National Laboratory will study the behavior of so-called “heavy flavor” particles.

9 Dec 2022

Rare Cosmic Explosion Upends the Established Basics of Science

A burst of high-energy light from a galaxy roughly 1 billion light-years away was discovered on December 11th, 2021, by NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, which has its Mission Operations Center at Penn State.

8 Dec 2022

Hidden 'Peekaboo' Galaxy Provides a Glimpse into the Past

Astronomers have discovered the most extraordinary example of a nearby galaxy with properties that are more similar to galaxies in the distant, early universe by peering out from behind the glare of a bright foreground star.

7 Dec 2022

Mapping the Structure and Phases of Quantum Chromodynamics

Nuclear matter consists of interacting quarks and gluons, described by the theory of quantum chromodynamics (QCD). Like ordinary matter, it can exist in different phases, in today's world predominantly as protons and neutrons in atomic nuclei. Collisions of heavy nuclei provide a unique environment to study its properties.

7 Dec 2022

Space Atomic Clocks Could Unravel the Nature of Dark Matter

Analyzing an atomic clock onboard a spacecraft within the orbit of Mercury and very close to the Sun could be the trick to revealing the nature of dark matter, recommends a new research article published in the December 5th issue of the journal Nature Astronomy.

6 Dec 2022

Turbulent Magnetic Reconnection in the Energization of Solar Wind

Under the direction of Prof. Rongsheng Wang and Prof. Quanming Lu, scientists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) utilized data from the Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission to directly observe bursty and turbulent magnetic reconnection in the solar wind.

5 Dec 2022

An Unmatched View of the Faint Intracluster Light in Galaxy Clusters

A new study, completely carried out by scientists at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), has come up with the most comprehensive analysis thus far of the intracluster light (ICL)—the diffuse and faint light—discharged by stars in galaxy clusters that are not gravitationally connected to any galaxy.

5 Dec 2022

Berkeley Lab Laser Accelerator Center Upgrade Opens New Research Possibilities in Quantum Science

Things are looking brighter than ever at the Berkeley Lab Laser Accelerator Center. A recently completed upgrade will expand the center's capabilities into new areas, including studies of particle acceleration, extremely hot plasmas, cancer treatment techniques, and materials for quantum science.

2 Dec 2022

Astronomers Observe the Farthest Detection of a Black Hole Devouring a Star

The European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT) received an alert earlier this year concerning an uncommon source of visible light that had been spotted by a survey telescope.

1 Dec 2022