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Another black hole in a star cluster
Nov 07, 2013 (SPX)
Last year when a team of astronomers led by a Michigan State University professor discovered two black holes in a collection of stars known as a globular cluste...
From One Collapsing Star, Two Black Holes Form and Fuse
Nov 07, 2013 (SPX)
From One Collapsing Star, Two Black Holes Form and FuseBlack holes-massive objects in space with gravitational forces so strong that not even light can escape t...
Compact atomic clock design uses cold atoms to boost precision
Nov 07, 2013 (SPX)
Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated a compact atomic clock design that relies on cold rubidium atoms inste...
Quantum reality more complex than previously thought
Nov 05, 2013 (SPX)
Imagine you order a delivery of several glass vases in different colors. Each vase is sent as a separate parcel. What would you think of the courier if the parc...
Stanford researchers show how universe's violent youth seeded cosmos with iron
Nov 01, 2013 (SPX)
New evidence that iron is spread evenly between the galaxies in one of the largest galaxy clusters in the universe supports the theory that the universe underwe...
Sagittarius A*: A Glimpse of the Violent Past of Milky Way's Giant Black Hole
Oct 31, 2013 (SPX)
Researchers using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory have found evidence that the normally dim region very close to the supermassive black hole at the center of t...
A Glimpse of the Violent Past of Milky Way's Giant Black Hole
Oct 30, 2013 (SPX)
Researchers using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory have found evidence that the normally dim region very close to the supermassive black hole at the center of t...
NASA's Great Observatories Begin Deepest-Ever Probe of the Universe
Oct 30, 2013 (JPL)
NASA's Hubble, Spitzer and Chandra space telescopes are teaming up to look deeper into the universe than ever before. With a boost from natural "zoom lenses" fo...
Unique Chemical Composition Surrounding Supermassive Black Hole
Oct 30, 2013 (SPX)
The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) successfully captured a detailed image of high density molecular gas around an active galactic nucleus h...
Saarbrucken physicists aim to make transition to quantum world visible
Oct 28, 2013 (SPX)
Theoretical physicist Frank Wilhelm-Mauch and his research team at Saarland University have developed a mathematical model for a type of microscopic test lab th...
Texas Astronomer Discovers Most Distant Known Galaxy
Oct 28, 2013 (SPX)
University of Texas at Austin astronomer Steven Finkelstein has led a team that has discovered and measured the distance to the most distant galaxy ever found. ...
When scaling the quantum slopes, veer for the straight path
Oct 28, 2013 (SPX)
Like any task, there is an easy and a hard way to control atoms and molecules as quantum systems, which are driven by tailored radiation fields. More efficient ...
Engineered nanostructures could offer way to control quantum effect
Oct 28, 2013 (SPX)
You might think that a pair of parallel plates hanging motionless in a vacuum just a fraction of a micrometer away from each other would be like strangers passi...
Numerical validation of quantum magnetic ordering
Oct 24, 2013 (SPX)
A new study set out to use numerical simulations to validate previous theoretical predictions describing materials exhibiting so-called antiferromagneting chara...
A chameleon in the physics lab
Oct 24, 2013 (SPX)
Active camouflage has taken a step forward at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), with a new coating that intrinsically conceals its ...
Researchers say they used MacBook to prove Goedel's God theorem
Oct 23, 2013 (UPI)
Scientists from Germany and Austria say they have proved a 20th century theorem that mathematics can be used to prove the existence of a higher being. Christoph...
Topological light Living on the edge
Oct 23, 2013 (SPX)
Topology -- the understanding of how things are connected -- remains abstract, even with the popular example of doughnuts and coffee cups. This concept, esoteri...
Long-Sought Pattern of Ancient Light Detected
Oct 23, 2013 (JPL)
The journey of light from the very early universe to modern telescopes is long and winding. The ancient light traveled billions of years to reach us, and along ...
Planck on course for safe retirement
Oct 23, 2013 (ESA)
In preparation for its final switch-off on 23 October, mission controllers today fired Planck's thrusters to empty its fuel tanks. The burn is one of the final ...
Astronomers hunt for the universe's oldest light
Oct 22, 2013 (UPI)
A pattern of light twisted during a journey of billions of years from the very early universe, has been detected for the first time, astronomers say. During its...
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