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Jan 5, 2022

Stellar Cocoon With Organic Molecules Discovered at Extreme Edge of Our Galaxy

Posted by in categories: chemistry, physics, space

For the first time, astronomers have detected a newborn star and the surrounding cocoon of complex organic molecules at the edge of our Galaxy, which is known as the extreme outer Galaxy. The discovery, which revealed the hidden chemical complexity of our Universe, appears in a paper in The Astrophysical Journal.

The scientists from Niigata University (Japan), Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics (Taiwan), and the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, used the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA

The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) is the largest ground-based facility for observations in the millimeter/submillimeter regime in the world. ALMA comprises of 66 high-precision dish antennas of measuring either 12 meters across or 7 meters across and is an international partnership between Europe, the United States, Japan and the Republic of Chile.

Jan 4, 2022

Physicists crack unsolvable three-body problem using drunkard’s walk

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The three-body problem, which has plagued science since the days of Isaac Newton, is closer to being solved, scientists say.

Jan 2, 2022

New Hypothesis Suggests That Two Parallel Universes Were Produced by The Big Bang

Posted by in categories: cosmology, physics

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Hashem Al-Ghaili posted an episode of Today I Read.

Two parallel universes were produced by the big bang.

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Jan 1, 2022

2021: a year physicists asked, ‘What lies beyond the Standard Model?’

Posted by in categories: physics, space

If you ask a physicist like me to explain how the world works, my lazy answer might be: “It follows the Standard Model.”

The Standard Model explains the fundamental physics of how the universe works. It has endured over 50 trips around the sun despite experimental physicists constantly probing for cracks in the model’s foundations.

With few exceptions, it has stood up to this scrutiny, passing experimental test after experimental test with flying colors. But this wildly successful model has conceptual gaps that suggest there is a bit more to be learned about how the universe works.

Jan 1, 2022

Newfound black hole may be the closest to Earth

Posted by in categories: cosmology, physics

Dubbed the “unicorn,” the odd object is also among the smallest black holes ever found, and it may help solve an enduring mystery in astrophysics.

Dec 31, 2021

SUNSHIELD OPENING DAY! — James Webb Tracker! #NASA #WEBB

Posted by in categories: engineering, physics, space

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James Webb Space Telescope launched on Saturday, Dec 25 at 12:20 UTC from Guiana Space Centre. Webb Telescope liftoff aboard Ariane 5 rocket.

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Dec 29, 2021

Twisty nuclear fusion reactor gets twice as hot as the sun

Posted by in categories: nuclear energy, physics

Physicists optimized a nuclear fusion reactor to overcome a problem that causes heat loss and prevents the device from sustaining fusion.

Dec 28, 2021

Black Holes of All Shapes and Sizes in Largest Catalog of Gravitational Wave Events Ever Assembled

Posted by in categories: cosmology, physics

The largest catalog of gravitational wave events ever assembled has been released by an international collaboration that includes Penn State researchers. Gravitational waves are ripples in space time produced as aftershocks of huge astronomical events, such as the collision of two black holes. Using a global network of detectors, the research team identified 35 gravitational wave events, bringing the total number of observed events to 90 since detection efforts began in 2015.

The new gravitational wave events were observed between November 2019 and March 2020, using three international detectors: The two Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO

The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) is a large-scale physics experiment and observatory supported by the National Science Foundation and operated by Caltech and MIT. It’s designed to detect cosmic gravitational waves and to develop gravitational-wave observations as an astronomical tool. It’s multi-kilometer-scale gravitational wave detectors use laser interferometry to measure the minute ripples in space-time caused by passing gravitational waves. It consists of two widely separated interferometers within the United States—one in Hanford, Washington and the other in Livingston, Louisiana.

Dec 27, 2021

The Evolution of Robotics- The Story Behind and it’s Future

Posted by in categories: physics, robotics/AI

As robotics is growing, tech enthusiasts are looking beyond the story of the evolution of robotics and learning deeply about what is robotics. This article deals with the robotics evolution.


A magnetic field can be used to switch nanolasers on and off, shows new research from Aalto University. The physics underlying this discovery paves the way for the development of optical signals that cannot be disturbed by external disruptions, leading to unprecedented robustness in signal processing.

Dec 26, 2021

2021’s Biggest Breakthroughs in Physics

Posted by in categories: physics, space

It was a big year. Fermilab discovered possible evidence of new physics with the muon G-2 experiment. Physicists created a time crystal, a new phase of matter that appears to violate one of nature’s most cherished laws. And we got a glimpse of an enormous pair of bubbles towering over the Milky Way. Read the articles in full at Quanta: https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-year-in-physics-20211222/

Quanta Magazine is an editorially independent publication supported by the Simons Foundation.