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New Quasar Discovery Beats the Previously Set Distance Record

An international team of astronomers has discovered the most distant quasar yet found -- a cosmic monster more than 13 billion light-years from Earth powered by a supermassive black hole more than 1.6 billion times more massive than the Sun and more than 1,000 times brighter than our entire Milky Way Galaxy.

13 Jan 2021

Scientists Discover an 'Old Faithful' Cosmic Eruption

You've heard of Old Faithful, the Yellowstone National Park geyser that erupts every hour or two, a geological phenomenon on a nearly predictable schedule.

13 Jan 2021

Astronomers Discover Most Distant Quasar J0313-1806

Scientists have discovered the most faraway quasar ever known. It is 1000 times more luminous compared to the Milky Way and has been spotted just 670 million years after the Big Bang.

13 Jan 2021

Princeton Physicists Discover Unexpected Quantum Behavior in an Insulator

In a surprising discovery, Princeton physicists have observed an unexpected quantum behavior in an insulator made from a material called tungsten ditelluride.

12 Jan 2021

Ultra-Deep Field Observations by Roman Space Telescope Could Improve the Understanding of Universe

One of the Hubble Space Telescope's most iconic images is the Hubble Ultra Deep Field, which unveiled myriad galaxies across the universe, stretching back to within a few hundred million years of the Big Bang. Hubble peered at a single patch of seemingly empty sky for hundreds of hours beginning in September 2003, and astronomers first unveiled this galaxy tapestry in 2004, with more observations in subsequent years.

12 Jan 2021

Chemical Sensing Chip Approaches Quantum-Limit Sensing Capabilities

University at Buffalo researchers are reporting an advancement of a chemical sensing chip that could lead to handheld devices that detect trace chemicals -- everything from illicit drugs to pollution -- as quickly as a breathalyzer identifies alcohol.

12 Jan 2021

Direct Measurements of Pulsar Acceleration Reveal Nature of Milky Way's Dark Matter

It is well known that the expansion of the universe is accelerating due to a mysterious dark energy. Within galaxies, stars also experience an acceleration, though this is due to some combination of dark matter and the stellar density.

12 Jan 2021

Study Reveals the Double Origin of Cosmic Dust in the Distant Universe

Two billion years after the Big Bang, the Universe was still very young. However, thousands of huge galaxies, rich in stars and dust, were already formed. An international study, led by SISSA - Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati, now explains how this was possible.

12 Jan 2021

ALMA Captures a Far-Away Galaxy Ejecting Its Star-Forming Gas

Galaxies begin to "die" when they stop forming stars, but until now astronomers had never clearly glimpsed the start of this process in a far-away galaxy. Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), in which the European Southern Observatory (ESO) is a partner, astronomers have seen a galaxy ejecting nearly half of its star-forming gas.

12 Jan 2021

Astronomers Detect New Magnetar in the Universe

Recently in 2020, astronomers had expanded a unique family of unusual objects with the finding of a new magnetar.

11 Jan 2021

Teleportation of High-Dimensional States Displayed in 3D Six-Photon System

At the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), a team of researchers headed by academician Guangcan Guo has achieved progress in high-dimensional quantum teleportation.

11 Jan 2021

Hubble Releases Collage of Six Splendid Galaxy Mergers

As a new year celebration, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has released a collage of six splendid galaxy mergers.

8 Jan 2021

First-Ever On-Demand Storage of Photonic Qubits in Integrated Quantum Memory

Scientists have achieved, for the first time, on-demand storage of photonic qubits in an integrated solid-state quantum memory.

8 Jan 2021

Researchers Establish First-Ever Integrated Quantum Communication Network

Researchers from China have set up the first-ever integrated quantum communication network, which incorporates more than 700 optical fibers on the ground and two ground-to-satellite links to enable quantum key distribution over a total distance of 4,600 km for users throughout the country.

7 Jan 2021

Astronomers Reach Agreement on the Age of the Universe

New observations of the Cosmic Microwave Background radiation that permeates the universe has confirmed its age of 13.77 billion years… Give or take 40 million years!

By Robert Lea 6 Jan 2021

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New Quasar Discovery Beats the Previously Set Distance Record

Scientists Discover an 'Old Faithful' Cosmic Eruption

Astronomers Discover Most Distant Quasar J0313-1806

Princeton Physicists Discover Unexpected Quantum Behavior in an Insulator

Ultra-Deep Field Observations by Roman Space Telescope Could Improve the Understanding of Universe

Chemical Sensing Chip Approaches Quantum-Limit Sensing Capabilities

Direct Measurements of Pulsar Acceleration Reveal Nature of Milky Way's Dark Matter

Study Reveals the Double Origin of Cosmic Dust in the Distant Universe

ALMA Captures a Far-Away Galaxy Ejecting Its Star-Forming Gas

Astronomers Detect New Magnetar in the Universe

Teleportation of High-Dimensional States Displayed in 3D Six-Photon System

Hubble Releases Collage of Six Splendid Galaxy Mergers

First-Ever On-Demand Storage of Photonic Qubits in Integrated Quantum Memory

Researchers Establish First-Ever Integrated Quantum Communication Network

Astronomers Reach Agreement on the Age of the Universe

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