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Astronomy Nov 16, 2022

A dark stream sheds new light on the life of galaxies

An international team of scientists led by a University of Sydney astrophysicist has discovered evidence the Andromeda galaxy is a cannibal growing through colossal intermittent feasts.

Astronomy Nov 16, 2022

Infrared capabilities of JWST reveal earliest galaxies in the young universe

Analysis of the very first image from the James Webb Space Telescope shows that the MIRI instrument, developed in the Netherlands, works even better than thought. Researchers from the University of Groningen demonstrate that ...

Astronomy Nov 14, 2022

Research unveils birthplace of gold-rich stars

A team of researchers from the University of Notre Dame and Tohoku University have revealed the birthplace of so-called "gold-rich" stars—stars with an abundance of heavy elements beyond iron, including the "jewelry store ...

Condensed Matter Nov 10, 2022

An early universe analog built in a lab in Germany

A team of researchers at Universität Heidelberg has built an early universe analog in their laboratory using chilled potassium atoms. In their paper published in the journal Nature, the group describes their simulator and ...

Astronomy Nov 3, 2022

Can cosmic inflation be ruled out?

A team of astrophysicists say that cosmic inflation—a point in the universe's infancy when space-time expanded exponentially, and what physicists really refer to when they talk about the "Big Bang"—can in principle be ...

Astronomy Nov 3, 2022

Firing protons at fluorine-19 helps explain calcium content in oldest observed star

An international team of researchers working at a research site situated a mile and a half below China's Jinping Mountains, has found via experimentation, a likely explanation for the high concentrations of calcium seen in ...

Nanophysics Oct 24, 2022

New findings about 'old' materials informs our future and our past

A team of researchers led by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's Edwin Fohtung, associate professor of materials science and engineering, has combined expertise in mathematics and condensed matter physics with technological ...

Astronomy Oct 14, 2022

NASA's Chandra finds galaxy cluster collision on a 'WHIM'

Astronomers taking inventory of the material in the local universe keep coming up short. A new result from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory about a system of colliding galaxy clusters may help explain this shortfall.

Quantum Physics Sep 22, 2022

Researchers answer fundamental question of quantum physics

An international team of physicists, with the participation of the University of Augsburg, has for the first time confirmed an important theoretical prediction in quantum physics. The calculations for this are so complex ...

Space Exploration Sep 10, 2022

NASA's Webb catches Tarantula Nebula

A stellar nursery nicknamed the Tarantula Nebula has been captured in crisp detail by NASA's Webb telescope, revealing hitherto unseen features that deepen scientific understanding, the agency said Tuesday.

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