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Image: Astronomers May Have Discovered the First Planet Outside of Our Galaxy

Astronomers May Have Discovered the First Planet Outside of Our Galaxy

Source: CFA Harvard   Posted: 11/12/21

Signs of a planet transiting a star outside of the Milky Way galaxy may have been detected for the first time.
Image: Smart Material Switches Between Heating and Cooling in Minutes

Smart Material Switches Between Heating and Cooling in Minutes

Source: Duke   Posted: 11/9/21

Deployed on roofs or facades, passive technology could greatly reduce HVAC energy consumption in buildings.
Image: A novel way to generate visible light

A novel way to generate visible light

Source: INRS   Posted: 11/7/21

An international research team demonstrates how to generate extremely short pulses of visible light using an industrial-grade laser system.
Image: Researchers set ‘ultrabroadband’ record with entangled photons

Researchers set ‘ultrabroadband’ record with entangled photons

Source: URochester   Posted: 11/5/21

Researchers have generated record ‘ultrabroadband’ bandwidth of entangled photons using the thin-film nanophotonic device
Image: Research finally reveals ancient universal equation for the shape of an egg

Research finally reveals ancient universal equation for the shape of an egg

Source: UKent   Posted: 11/3/21

Researchers have discovered the universal mathematical formula that can describe any bird’s egg existing in nature, a feat which has been unsuccessful until now.
Image: Strange radio waves emerge from direction of the galactic centre

Strange radio waves emerge from direction of the galactic centre

Source: USydney   Posted: 10/30/21

Scientists have detected unusual signals from deep in the heart of the Milky Way using CSIRO's ASKAP radio telescope.
Image: Harvard-led physicists take big step in race to quantum computing

Harvard-led physicists take big step in race to quantum computing

Source: Harvard   Posted: 7/15/21

Team develops simulator with 256 qubits, largest of its kind ever created
Image: Update on the Expanding Universe Debate

Update on the Expanding Universe Debate

Source: uChicago   Posted: 7/13/21

New analysis by UChicago astronomer finds agreement with the standard model in ongoing Hubble tension.
Image: Astrophysicists detect first black hole-neutron star mergers

Astrophysicists detect first black hole-neutron star mergers

Source: Northwestern   Posted: 7/11/21

Mix pair is the elusive missing piece of the family picture of compact object mergers.
Image: Scientists Model Saturn’s Interior

Scientists Model Saturn’s Interior

Source: JHU   Posted: 5/24/21

Simulations offer an intriguing look into Saturn’s interior, suggesting that a thick layer of helium rain influences the planet’s magnetic field.
Image: New algorithm uses a hologram to control trapped ions

New algorithm uses a hologram to control trapped ions

Source: UWaterloo   Posted: 5/21/21

Researchers have discovered the most precise way to control individual ions using holographic optical engineering technology.
Image: New Application of Artificial Intelligence Just Removed One of the Biggest Roadblocks in Astrophysics

New Application of Artificial Intelligence Just Removed One of the Biggest Roadblocks in Astrophysics

Source: Simons F   Posted: 5/20/21

Using neural networks, Flatiron Institute research fellow Yin Li and his colleagues simulated vast, complex universes in a fraction of the time it takes with conventional methods.

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