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Astronomers Discover Fastest Ever Ultraviolet-Wavelength Winds from Quasar

The fastest winds ever seen at ultraviolet wavelengths have been discovered near a supermassive black hole by a research team that includes a Penn State University astronomer. "This new ultrafast wind surprised us when it appeared at ultraviolet wavelengths, indicating it is racing away from the ravenous black hole at unprecedented speeds -- almost like a bat out of Hell," said William Nielsen (Niel) Brandt, the Verne M. Willaman Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics and a professor of physics at Penn State, a member of the research team.

22 Mar 2016

Researchers Reveal Source of Galactic Cosmic Radiation with Petaelectronvolt Energies for First Time

A team of international researchers including members of the Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics (ECAP) at FAU has revealed a source of galactic cosmic radiation with petaelectronvolt energies for the first time: the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way. Their findings are based on a detailed analysis of the latest data from the telescopes in the High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.) in Namibia. Researchers have been mapping the centre of our galaxy in very-high-energy gamma rays using these telescopes – the most sensitive of their kind – for over 10 years. The results were published in the journal Nature on 16 March 2016.

22 Mar 2016

Breakthrough Results Help Improve Control of Light Filaments and Their Applications

Researchers at UPM have revealed the underlying order of chaos by observing very long and intense laser light beams and ionized matter in the so-called “light filaments”.

21 Mar 2016

Astronomers Discover New Star with Unprecedented Variation Period

The Lomonosov Moscow State University astronomers who created a global network of robotelescopes MASTER detected that a bright star TYC 2505-672-1 has actually faded significantly. That finding induced new questions: so, the scientists assume that TYC 2505-672-1 is actually a double star system, though a nature of its companion remains unknown.

21 Mar 2016

New Discovery Opens Possibility of Using Movement of Weyl Fermions in Future Electronics

The Weyl fermion, just discovered in the past year, moves through materials practically without resistance. Now researchers are showing how it could be put to use in electronic components.

18 Mar 2016

Breakthrough Study Takes Closer Look at Rydberg Physics

The behavior of a few rubidium atoms in a cloud of 40,000 hardly seems important. But a handful of the tiny particles with the wrong energy may cause a cascade of effects that could impact future quantum computers.

18 Mar 2016

Semiconductor-Inspired Approach Could Provide Useful Guide to Improving Superconducting Quantum Circuits

Builders of future superconducting quantum computers could learn a thing or two from semiconductors, according to a report in Nature Communications this week.

18 Mar 2016

New Hubble Observations Raise Many Questions About Massive Star Formation

Astronomers using the unique ultraviolet capabilities of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have identified nine monster stars with masses over 100 times the mass of the Sun in the star cluster R136.

18 Mar 2016

New Insights into Formation of Fast-Moving Jets of Matter and Extreme Black Hole Phenomena

Violent red flashes, lasting just fractions of a second, have been observed during one of the brightest black hole outbursts in recent years.

17 Mar 2016

Leiden University Students Map Entire Milky Way Galaxy in Dwarf Stars for First Time

Two astronomy students from Leiden University have mapped the entire Milky Way galaxy in dwarf stars for the first time. They show that there are a total of 58 billion dwarf stars, of which seven per cent reside in the outer regions of our Galaxy. This result is the most comprehensive model ever for the distribution of these stars. The findings appear in a new paper in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

17 Mar 2016

Quantum Physics News

Astronomers Discover Fastest Ever Ultraviolet-Wavelength Winds from Quasar

Researchers Reveal Source of Galactic Cosmic Radiation with Petaelectronvolt Energies for First Time

Breakthrough Results Help Improve Control of Light Filaments and Their Applications

Astronomers Discover New Star with Unprecedented Variation Period

New Discovery Opens Possibility of Using Movement of Weyl Fermions in Future Electronics

Breakthrough Study Takes Closer Look at Rydberg Physics

Semiconductor-Inspired Approach Could Provide Useful Guide to Improving Superconducting Quantum Circuits

New Hubble Observations Raise Many Questions About Massive Star Formation

New Insights into Formation of Fast-Moving Jets of Matter and Extreme Black Hole Phenomena

Leiden University Students Map Entire Milky Way Galaxy in Dwarf Stars for First Time

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Modified Newtonian Dynamics and the Search for a Ninth Planet

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Quantum Development in Ireland: A Conversation with John Durcan, Chief Technologist, IDA Ireland

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