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Mapping of the Universe with the Largest Radio Telescope

Astronomers prepare to map the Universe with largest radio telescope ever built

22 Jan 2015

Hyper-Kamiokande Project Inaugural Symposium to be Held January 31st, 2015

The Hyper-Kamiokande project aims to address the mysteries of the origin and evolution of the Universe's matter and to confront theories of elementary particle unification. To realize these goals the project will combine a high intensity neutrino beam from the Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex (J-PARC) with a new detector based upon precision neutrino experimental techniques developed in Japan.

22 Jan 2015

Milky Way Galaxy Could Be a Wormhole

"If we combine the map of the dark matter in the Milky Way with the most recent Big Bang model to explain the universe and we hypothesise the existence of space-time tunnels, what we get is that our galaxy could really contain one of these tunnels, and that the tunnel could even be the size of the galaxy itself. But there's more", explains Paolo Salucci, astrophysicist of the International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA) of Trieste and a dark matter expert. "We could even travel through this tunnel, since, based on our calculations, it could be navigable. Just like the one we've all seen in the recent film 'Interstellar'". Salucci is among the authors of the paper recently published in Annals of Physics.

22 Jan 2015

Hidden Magnetic Messages About the Early Solar System Uncovered from Meteorites

Geologists from the University of Cambridge uncover hidden magnetic messages from the early solar system in meteorites measured at BESSY II.

22 Jan 2015

Bonn Physicists Show That Caesium Atoms Can Indeed Take Two Paths at the Same Time

Can a penalty kick simultaneously score a goal and miss? For very small objects, at least, this is possible: according to the predictions of quantum mechanics, microscopic objects can take different paths at the same time.

22 Jan 2015

Large Binocular Telescope Interferometer Completes First Study of Eta Corvi Dusty Star System

The NASA-funded Large Binocular Telescope Interferometer, or LBTI, has completed its first study of dust in the "habitable zone" around a star, opening a new door to finding planets like Earth. Dust is a natural byproduct of the planet-formation process, but too much of it can block our view of planets.

22 Jan 2015

Subatomic Particles Could be Induced to Speed up by Themselves

Some physical principles have been considered immutable since the time of Isaac Newton: Light always travels in straight lines. No physical object can change its speed unless some outside force acts on it.

22 Jan 2015

High Magnetization Sets the Stage for Formation of Massive Stars

Magnetic fields in massive dark clouds are strong enough to support the regions against collapse due to their own gravity. A study lead by researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy in Bonn has now shown for the first time that high magnetization sets the stage for the formation of stars much more massive than the sun. This was demonstrated in observations of polarized dust emission from two of the most massive clouds in our Milky Way, the “Brick” and “Snake”.

21 Jan 2015

Heaviest Elements May Not Be Formed in Standard Supernovae

Scientists plumbing the depths of the ocean have made a surprise finding that could change the way we understand supernovae, exploding stars way beyond our solar system.

21 Jan 2015

UBC Physicists Detect 'Charge Ordering' in Electron-Doped Cuprate Superconductors

University of British Columbia physicists have detected 'charge ordering' in electron-doped cuprate superconductors for the first time, according to research published last week in Science.

20 Jan 2015