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Researchers Squeeze Light to Cool Microscopic Aluminum Drum Below Quantum Limit

Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have cooled a mechanical object to a temperature lower than previously thought possible, below the so-called "quantum limit."

12 Jan 2017

CERN's Neutrino Platform Enables Testing Prototypes for DUNE's Far Detectors

In the midst of the verdant French countryside, there is a workshop the size of an aircraft hangar bustling with activity. In an extension that is well-lit, technicians cut through thick steel slices using electric saws and blast metal joints with welding torches.

11 Jan 2017

Hubble's ACS Reveals Combination of Gas-Rich Spiral Galaxies

This delicate smudge in deep space is far more turbulent than it first appears. Known as IRAS 14348-1447 — a name derived in part from that of its discoverer, the Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS for short) — this celestial object is actually a combination of two gas-rich spiral galaxies.

11 Jan 2017

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope Captures Shadow Play Phenomenon Caused by Possible Planet

Searching for planets around other stars is a tricky business. They're so small and faint that it's hard to spot them. But a possible planet in a nearby stellar system may be betraying its presence in a unique way: by a shadow that is sweeping across the face of a vast pancake-shaped gas-and-dust disk surrounding a young star.

9 Jan 2017