Ways to detect merging black holes in addition to gravitational waves
If two black holes merge in the middle of space, and nobody's around to see it, does it really happen?
Astronomy
Sep 13, 2021
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News tagged with electromagnetic spectrum
A simple method to enhance responsivity of terahertz radiation detectors
Scientists of Tomsk Polytechnic University jointly with colleagues from Spanish universities have offered a simple method how to enhance the responsivity of terahertz radiation detectors by 3.5 times using a small Teflon ...
Optics & Photonics
Jun 24, 2021
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Axions could be the fossil of the universe researchers have been waiting for
Finding the hypothetical particle axion could mean finding out for the first time what happened in the Universe a second after the Big Bang, suggests a new study published in Physical Review D on June 7.
Astronomy
Jun 7, 2021
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Galileo sunspot sketches versus modern 'deep learning' AI
It's a fascinating thought to consider.
Space Exploration
Apr 15, 2021
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New light on baryonic matter and gravity on cosmic scales
Scientists estimate that dark matter and dark energy together are some 95% of the gravitational material in the universe while the remaining 5% is baryonic matter, which is the "normal" matter composing stars, planets and ...
Astronomy
Mar 25, 2021
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Peering into a galaxy's dusty core to study an active supermassive black hole
Researchers using NASA's upcoming James Webb Space Telescope will map and model the core of nearby galaxy Centaurus A.
Astronomy
Mar 18, 2021
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Cosmic furnace seen by X-ray observatory
This burst of color shows a fascinating discovery: a galaxy cluster acting as a cosmic furnace. The cluster is heating the material within to hundreds of millions of degrees Celsius—well over 25 times hotter than the core ...
Astronomy
Nov 13, 2020
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A breakthrough in developing multi-watt terahertz lasers
Terahertz lasers could soon have their moment. Emitting radiation that sits somewhere between microwaves and infrared light along the electromagnetic spectrum, terahertz lasers have been the focus of intense study due to ...
Optics & Photonics
Jun 11, 2020
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Observations unveil the properties of neutrino-emitting blazar's jet
Using the Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) technique, astronomers have probed the parsec-scale jet of a neutrino-emitting blazar known as TXS 0506+056. Results of the new study, presented May 1 on arXiv.org, shed ...
Tiny devices promise new horizon for security screening and medical imaging
Miniature devices that could be developed into safe, high-resolution imaging technology, with uses such as helping doctors identify potentially deadly cancers and treat them early, have been created in research involving ...
Nanophysics
May 6, 2020
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