Astronomers using data from the SMARTS 1.5-m Telescope at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO), a Program of NSF’s NOIRLab, have created the first verified detection of a star system that will one day develop into a kilonova—the ultra-strong, gold-producing explosion made by blending neutron stars.
Physicists are increasingly using ultracold molecules to study quantum states of matter. Many researchers contend that molecules have advantages over other alternatives, such as trapped ions, atoms or photons.
Electric space propulsion systems use energized atoms to generate thrust. The high-speed beams of ions bump against the graphite surfaces of the thruster, eroding them a little more with each hit, and are the systems' primary lifetime-limiting factor.
Some of the most exciting topics in modern physics, such as high-temperature superconductors and some proposals for quantum computers, come down to the exotic things that happen when these systems hover between two quantum states.
For the first time, particle physicists have been able to precisely measure the proton's size and structure using neutrinos.
New observations contributing to galaxy formation theories have been presented by astronomers from the Cosmic Dawn Center using the James Webb Space Telescope.
Astronomers have recorded a remarkable, in-progress collision between no less than three galaxy clusters.
Asmeret Asefaw Berhe, Director of the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Science, visited DOE's Brookhaven National Laboratory on Jan. 27 to celebrate the fast-approaching debut of a state-of-the-art particle detector known as sPHENIX.
The world of physics has been split between classical and quantum physics with the advent of quantum mechanics. Classical physics deals with the motions of objects one gets to normally see daily in the macroscopic world, while the exotic behaviors of elementary particles in the microscopic world have been described by quantum physics.
Scientists from Indiana University are part of a five-year, $11.24 million initiative from the US Department of Energy to resolve difficult and complicated problems central to progressing understanding of nuclear physics.