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Rare Eclipsing Double Asteroid Discovered by Student Astronomers

Students in a University of Maryland undergraduate astronomy class have made a rare discovery that wowed professional astronomers: a previously unstudied asteroid is actually a pair of asteroids that orbit and regularly eclipse one another.

9 Jan 2014

Swift Spacecraft Images Help Discover Rare Subclass of Neutron Star

Recent observations by NASA's Swift spacecraft have provided scientists a unique glimpse into the activity at the center of our galaxy and led to the discovery of a rare celestial entity that may help them test predictions of Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity.

9 Jan 2014

Scottish Universities Launch World’s First International Max-Planck Partnership

The world’s first International Max-Planck Partnership (IMPP) was launched by five Scottish universities on 19th December 2013. The Scottish Universities of Heriot-Watt, Glasgow, Strathclyde, St Andrews and Edinburgh have partnered with the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute) Hannover; the MPI for the Science of Light, Erlangen; the MPI for Quantum Optics, Garching; the MPI for Chemical Physics, Dresden; and the MPI for Solid State Physics, Stuttgart.

9 Jan 2014

Hubble Space Telescope Uncovers Long-Suspected Underlying Population of Galaxies

A team of scientists led by astronomers at the University of California, Riverside has used NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope to uncover the long-suspected underlying population of galaxies that produced the bulk of new stars during the universe’s early years.

9 Jan 2014

Frequency Comb Laser Could Help Discover ‘Earth-Like’ Planets

A team of Heriot-Watt scientists is developing a new kind of laser that could help astronomers to find small, ‘Earth-like’ planets outside our solar system or detect the presence of hazardous chemicals at a safe distance.

9 Jan 2014

Hubble Peers into Pandora's Cluster

This image of Abell 2744 is the first to come from Hubble's Frontier Fields observing programme, which is using the magnifying power of enormous galaxy clusters to peer deep into the distant Universe. Abell 2744, nicknamed Pandora's Cluster, is thought to have a very violent history, having formed from a cosmic pile-up of multiple galaxy clusters.

9 Jan 2014

NEOWISE Spacecraft Spots Never-Before-Seen Asteroid

NASA's Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) spacecraft has spotted a never-before-seen asteroid -- its first such discovery since coming out of hibernation last year.

8 Jan 2014

Hubble and Spitzer Space Telescopes Characterize Four Unusually Bright Galaxies

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and Spitzer Space Telescope joined forces to discover and characterize four unusually bright galaxies as they appeared more than 13 billion years ago, just 500 million years after the big bang. Although Hubble has previously identified galaxies at this early epoch, astronomers were surprised to find objects that are about 10 to 20 times more luminous than anything seen previously.

8 Jan 2014

New Hubble Findings Highlighted at AAS Conference

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope is providing a new perspective on the remote universe, including new views of young and distant galaxies bursting with stars. Scientists described the findings Tuesday in a news conference sponsored by the American Astronomical Society (AAS).

8 Jan 2014

Novel Technique Enables Deceleration of Continuous Beams of Polyatomic Polar Molecules

Does the electron possess an electric dipole moment? Will it be possible to achieve perfect control over chemical reactions between polyatomic molecules, or can one envisage quantum simulations and quantum computation with cold polar molecules? The fast-growing investigation of cold polar molecules holds promise for delivering answers to these long-standing questions that concern fundamental physics as well as future applications.

8 Jan 2014

Quantum Physics News

Rare Eclipsing Double Asteroid Discovered by Student Astronomers

Swift Spacecraft Images Help Discover Rare Subclass of Neutron Star

Scottish Universities Launch World’s First International Max-Planck Partnership

Hubble Space Telescope Uncovers Long-Suspected Underlying Population of Galaxies

Frequency Comb Laser Could Help Discover ‘Earth-Like’ Planets

Hubble Peers into Pandora's Cluster

NEOWISE Spacecraft Spots Never-Before-Seen Asteroid

Hubble and Spitzer Space Telescopes Characterize Four Unusually Bright Galaxies

New Hubble Findings Highlighted at AAS Conference

Novel Technique Enables Deceleration of Continuous Beams of Polyatomic Polar Molecules

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

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Modified Newtonian Dynamics and the Search for a Ninth Planet

LabOne Q: An Intuitive Software Framework for Scalable Quantum Computing

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