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Astronomers track object accelerating beyond known physics

A recent astronomical discovery has left scientists puzzled as they track an object accelerating in a manner that defies the current understanding of physics. This enigmatic object, potentially ...

3D particle-in-cell simulations demonstrate first true steady state in turbulent plasma

Plasma is a state of matter that emerges when a gas is heated to sufficiently high temperatures, prompting some electrons to become free from atoms. This state of matter has been the focus of many ...

New Method Proposed To Detect Universe’s Mysterious “Phantom Heat” Predicted by Einstein

The findings resolve a long-standing problem in fundamental physics. Scientists at Hiroshima University have created a ...
Science Daily

The phantom heat of empty space might soon be detectable

A Hiroshima University team has designed a feasible way to detect the Unruh effect, where acceleration turns quantum vacuum ...
Wired

The Physics of Going Fast—but Not Too Fast—on a Giant Slide

You might have seen some of the viral videos of this giant steel slide at Belle Isle Park in Michigan, which temporarily closed this summer because riders were sliding so fast they were losing contact ...
El Adelantado de Segovia

This is what happens when you put Einstein’s theory and modern quantum theory together – Scientists confirm signs of mysterious ‘phantom heat’ that could rewrite ...

Believe it or not, the quantum vacuum... isn't completely empty. It has tiny vibrations or “sparks” of energy. If an object ...
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

NASA Launches IMAP Mission to Study the Heliosphere and Better Understand Space Weather

NASA’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) lifted off aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the agency’s ...