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Q Continuum Run Simulates Evolution of the Universe

Researchers are sifting through an avalanche of data produced by one of the largest cosmological simulations ever performed, led by scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory.

31 Oct 2015

Scientists Simulate 3D Exotic Clouds in Atmosphere of Another World

Scientists have catalogued nearly 2,000 exoplanets around stars near and far. While most of these are giant and inhospitable, improved techniques and spacecraft have uncovered increasingly smaller worlds. The day may soon come when astrophysicists announce our planet's twin around a distant star.

30 Oct 2015

Huge Spiral Patterns Around Newborn Stars Could be Evidence for Giant Unseen Planets

A team of astronomers is proposing that huge spiral patterns seen around some newborn stars, merely a few million years old (about one percent our sun's age), may be evidence for the presence of giant unseen planets. This idea not only opens the door to a new method of planet detection, but also could offer a look into the early formative years of planet birth.

30 Oct 2015

Unique Properties of Gold Could be Explained by Albert Einstein’s Theory of Relativity

Heidelberg chemists compare gold, silver and copper atoms in compounds with otherwise identical structures.

30 Oct 2015

Researchers Produce First Chronographic Map of the Milky Way Galaxy’s Halo

University of Notre Dame astronomer Timothy Beers and his Galactic Archaeology group, which includes Notre Dame astronomers Daniela Carollo and Vinicius Placco, have led an international team of researchers that produced the first chronographic (age) map of the halo of the Milky Way galaxy. The halo, along with the disk and bulge, are the primary components of the galaxy.

30 Oct 2015

VISTA Telescope Discovers Huge Numbers of Variable Stars, Clusters and Exploding Stars

The Vista Variables in the Vía Láctea Survey (VVV) ESO public survey is using the VISTA telescope at the Paranal Observatory to take multiple images at different times of the central parts of the galaxy at infrared wavelengths. It is discovering huge numbers of new objects, including variable stars, clusters and exploding stars (eso1101, eso1128 and eso1141 ).

30 Oct 2015

Study Resolves Inconsistencies of Magnetic Field Observed by NASA’s Voyager 1

In a study published today in the Astrophysical Journal Letters, scientists from the University of New Hampshire and colleagues answer the question of why NASA's Voyager 1, when it became the first probe to enter interstellar space in mid-2012, observed a magnetic field that was inconsistent with that derived from other spacecraft observations.

30 Oct 2015

Ordinary Laser Pointer Beams Mimic Quantum Entanglement

In a classic eureka moment, a team of physicists led by The City College of New York and including Herriot-Watt University and Corning Incorporated is showing how beams from ordinary laser pointers mimic quantum entanglement with the potential of doubling the data speed of laser communication.

29 Oct 2015

Oxygen ‘Survives’ for Billions of Years on Comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko

The biggest surprise so far in the chemical analysis of Comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko's atmosphere is the high proportion of oxygen molecules. While such molecules are common in the earth’s atmosphere, their presence on comets had originally been ruled out.

29 Oct 2015

Still-Forming Massive Star Mirrors Low-Mass Star Formation

Observations led by astronomers at the University of Leeds have shown for the first time that a massive star, 25 times the mass of the Sun, is forming in a similar way to low-mass stars.

29 Oct 2015

Novel Superconducting Heat Ink Functions as a Solar Heater

Young researchers created a superconducting heat ink that functions as a solar heater. It heats water up to 68 degrees Celsius and is 40 percent cheaper than commercial inks.

29 Oct 2015

EPFL Professor Honored with Klung-Wilhelmy Science Award for Physics 2015

The Klung-Wilhelmy Science Award is given annually to German scientists under the age of 40 that have made outstanding contributions to Science. Each year, the Award alternates between chemistry and physics, and numbers five Nobel laureates among its list of previous winners.

29 Oct 2015

Artificial Intelligence Helps Peer Into Hearts of Galaxies

An ANU astrophysics student has turned to artificial intelligence to help her to see into the hearts of galaxies.

29 Oct 2015

Supermassive Black Holes Send out X-Ray Beams When Surrounding Coronas Shoot Away

The baffling and strange behaviors of black holes have become somewhat less mysterious recently, with new observations from NASA's Explorer missions Swift and the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR.

28 Oct 2015

Quest for the Fifth Force Stimulates Unprecedented Amount of Research in Gravitational Physics

Discovering possible new forces in nature is no mean task. The discovery of gravity linked to Newton’s arguably apocryphal apple experiment has remained anchored in popular culture. In January 1986, Ephraim Fischbach, Physics Professor from Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, had his own chance to leave his mark on collective memory.

28 Oct 2015

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Q Continuum Run Simulates Evolution of the Universe

Scientists Simulate 3D Exotic Clouds in Atmosphere of Another World

Huge Spiral Patterns Around Newborn Stars Could be Evidence for Giant Unseen Planets

Unique Properties of Gold Could be Explained by Albert Einstein’s Theory of Relativity

Researchers Produce First Chronographic Map of the Milky Way Galaxy’s Halo

VISTA Telescope Discovers Huge Numbers of Variable Stars, Clusters and Exploding Stars

Study Resolves Inconsistencies of Magnetic Field Observed by NASA’s Voyager 1

Ordinary Laser Pointer Beams Mimic Quantum Entanglement

Oxygen ‘Survives’ for Billions of Years on Comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko

Still-Forming Massive Star Mirrors Low-Mass Star Formation

Novel Superconducting Heat Ink Functions as a Solar Heater

EPFL Professor Honored with Klung-Wilhelmy Science Award for Physics 2015

Artificial Intelligence Helps Peer Into Hearts of Galaxies

Supermassive Black Holes Send out X-Ray Beams When Surrounding Coronas Shoot Away

Quest for the Fifth Force Stimulates Unprecedented Amount of Research in Gravitational Physics

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