The definitive census of multiple star systems within ten parsecs

by quasarn01 | May 27, 2026 | Astronomy

Our sun is a loner. It lacks a stellar companion hurtling through interstellar space with it. But we’ve known for a long time that that’s actually relatively rare—most stars have at least one gravitationally bound partner. Understanding how exactly those...

Listening to the sun reveals previously hidden changes to solar cycle

by quasarn01 | May 27, 2026 | Astronomy

Internal changes due to the sun’s “active biorhythm” have become increasingly “skin-deep” over the past four solar activity cycles, according to a new study. Go to Source

Where are all the intermediate mass black holes? Microlensing fast radio bursts might reveal them

by quasarn01 | May 27, 2026 | Astronomy

Astrophysicists think that black hole masses are hierarchical. The largest are supermassive black holes (SMBH) like the one at the center of the Milky Way and other galaxies. Stellar mass black holes are born of collapsing stars, and are smaller. The smallest of all...

Researchers push back fundamental limit on energy transfer between particles without ‘spilling’ radiation

by quasarn01 | May 27, 2026 | Latest in Physics

Researchers at TU/e have demonstrated that energy transfer without loss via light or heat can occur over much greater distances than previously thought possible thanks to vibrations in microscopic gold rods. They succeeded in making energy jump from one particle to...

Q&A: How researchers are building next-gen quantum computers

by quasarn01 | May 27, 2026 | Latest in Physics

Quantum computers have the potential to transform science, accelerating breakthroughs in drug development, cosmology, materials science, nuclear physics, and more. Go to Source