by quasarn01 | Mar 24, 2026 | Latest in Physics
Scientists in Geneva are taking some antiprotons out for a spin—a very delicate one—in a truck, in a never-tried-before test drive. Go to Source
by quasarn01 | Mar 24, 2026 | Astronomy
Visible to the naked eye in the constellation Cassiopeia, the star γ Cas has puzzled astrophysicists for half a century. It emits X-rays of an intensity and temperature incompatible with what one would expect from an ordinary massive star. Observations, carried out...
by quasarn01 | Mar 23, 2026 | Astronomy
For the last few decades, researchers have been studying what the universe looked like in its first seconds. It is generally accepted that the universe expanded exponentially in the first fraction of a second after the Big Bang. Researchers use ns, the scalar spectral...
by quasarn01 | Mar 23, 2026 | Latest in Physics
Gallium nitride, a semiconductor that can operate at high voltages, temperatures, and frequencies, has enabled technologies from LED lighting to high-power electronics. Now Cornell researchers have observed a quantum property of the material for the first time, an...
by quasarn01 | Mar 23, 2026 | Astronomy
Stellar streams are trails of stars that astronomers can study to solve mysteries about the history of our Milky Way galaxy and, potentially, the dark matter that helps shape the cosmos despite eluding direct observation. These streams have largely been left behind by...