NASA Johnson pilots chase moon’s shadow for eclipse science

by quasarn01 | Aug 27, 2026 | Astronomy

During the Aug. 12 total solar eclipse over Europe, scientists aimed to study a long-standing mystery: why the sun’s outer atmosphere, the corona, is far hotter than its visible surface. Capturing the data they needed meant being in exactly the right place at...

Oxygen collisions reveal how quark–gluon matter approaches equilibrium

by quasarn01 | Aug 27, 2026 | Latest in Physics

High-energy nuclear collisions recreate extreme conditions similar to those in the early universe, producing quark–gluon plasma (QGP), a hot state of matter in which quarks and gluons are no longer confined inside protons and neutrons. While large systems such as...

Deep underground, SuperCDMS begins hunting light dark matter with 24 cryogenic crystals

by quasarn01 | Aug 27, 2026 | Latest in Physics

In the hunt for one of nature’s most elusive substances—dark matter, which makes up 85% of all matter in the universe—scientists are going to extremes. Deep underground and chilled to near absolute zero, the Super Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (SuperCDMS)...

First observation of optical Magnus effect could sharpen quantum computer control

by quasarn01 | Aug 27, 2026 | Latest in Physics

Table tennis professionals are true masters at redirecting fast-moving projectiles. Putting a targeted spin on a serve can make the little white ball fly straight toward the edge of the table but then, at the last moment, take a sharp curve into the left corner. The...

Human? Sasquatch? Other? … Hiker photographs strange small figure wading in remote marshy pond (Report 82485)

by quasarn01 | Aug 27, 2026 | Bigfoot

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