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Einstein's Relativity Experiment Used to Determine Mass of a White Dwarf Star

Albert Einstein predicted that whenever light from a distant star passes by a closer object, gravity acts as a kind of magnifying lens, brightening and bending the distant starlight. Yet, in a 1936 article in the journal Science, he added that because stars are so far apart "there is no hope of observing this phenomenon directly."

8 Jun 2017

Professor Takaaki Kajita Elucidates the Importance of Neutrinos at University of Sheffield

A Nobel Prize winner explained the importance of the universe’s most elusive particles at a special event at the University of Sheffield last week.

7 Jun 2017

Researchers Record Different Rates of Neutrino and Anti-Neutrino Oscillations

The different rates of neutrino and anti-neutrino oscillations recorded by an international collaboration of researchers in Japan--including from Kavli IPMU--is an important step in the search for a new source of asymmetry in the laws that govern matter and antimatter.

7 Jun 2017

Researchers Explain the Mystery Behind Galaxy Cluster Collision

Two galaxy clusters in the process of merging created a layer of surprisingly hot gas between them that University of Colorado Boulder astronomers believe is from turbulence caused by banging into each other at supersonic speeds.

7 Jun 2017

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope Captures Universe’s Brightest Infrared Galaxies

Boosted by natural magnifying lenses in space, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured unique close-up views of the universe's brightest infrared galaxies, which are as much as 10,000 times more luminous than our Milky Way.

7 Jun 2017

Canada Researchers Prove Viability of Secure Quantum Communication via Moving Satellites

Researchers in Canada have taken a significant step towards enabling secure quantum communication via moving satellites, as announced by the Canadian Government in April 2017.

7 Jun 2017

Nicolas Grandjean Receives Quantum Devices Award at Compound Semiconductor Week 2017

Nicolas Grandjean received the Quantum Devices Award for “fundamental contributions to the physics and technology of III-nitride quantum structures” during the Compound Semiconductor Week 2017 organized in Berlin.

7 Jun 2017

NSF Funds Binghamton Physicist’s Research on Quantum Phase Transitions

A Binghamton University physicist hopes to broaden our understanding of superconductivity with support from a prestigious National Science Foundation grant.

6 Jun 2017

RIT Researchers Reanalyze Merging Black Holes Detected by LIGO

New information gleaned from gravitational wave observations is helping scientists understand what happens when massive stars die and transform into black holes.

6 Jun 2017

ALMA Observations Unravel the Mystery Behind Boomerang Nebula

An ancient, red giant star in the throes of a frigid death has produced the coldest known object in the cosmos -- the Boomerang Nebula. How this star was able to create an environment strikingly colder than the natural background temperature of deep space has been a compelling mystery for more than two decades.

6 Jun 2017