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- Anomalous Hall torque: 'Brand new physics' for next-generation spintronics
Our data-driven world demands more—more capacity, more efficiency, more computing power. To meet society's insatiable need for electronic speed, physicists have been pushing the burgeoning field of spintronics.
- Touschek and Gatto: Exploring a friendship that would shape fundamental physics
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) made its groundbreaking discovery of the Higgs boson in 2012, but its ancestry can be traced back more than 60 years to the first electron-positron collision experiment in Italy. Named Anello di Accumulazione (AdA), the experiment was the world's first collider of matter and antimatter.
- The Quadrantids: a strong meteor shower to start the year
The Quadrantid meteor shower kicks off the meteor-watching calendar, peaking this year on 3 January. Renowned for its reliability, it consistently ranks among the best annual meteor displays.
- Catch Mercury’s end of year pre-dawn show
Mercury ends the year on a high as a pre-dawn object during primarily the second half of December.
- Neolithic ‘sun stones’ sacrificed in Denmark to revive the sun after volcanic eruption
Around 4,900 years ago, Neolithic communities on the Danish island of Bornholm ritually buried hundreds of engraved stones, so-called “sun stones,” in a remarkable act to counter drastic climate changes caused by a massive volcanic eruption. The eruption was identified in ice cores by the Niels Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen as having The post Neolithic ‘sun stones’ sacrificed in Denmark to revive the sun after volcanic eruption appeared first on Archaeology News Online Magazine.
- Ancient artifacts unearthed in Iraq uncover hidden history of ancient Mesopotamia
Recent excavations at the Middle Bronze Age site of Kurd Qaburstan in northeastern Iraq are uncovering a wealth of artifacts and architectural remains. Led by Dr. Tiffany Earley-Spadoni, an associate professor of history at UCF, the research team uncovered clay tablets with cuneiform writing, a game board, and monumental structural remains. Situated close to the The post Ancient artifacts unearthed in Iraq uncover hidden history of ancient Mesopotamia appeared first on Archaeology News Online Magazine.
- XMM-Newton detects peculiar black hole X-ray patterns
Paris, France (SPX) Jan 14, 2025 The European Space Agency's XMM-Newton observatory has revealed unexpected X-ray oscillations emanating from the edge of a supermassive black hole in a nearby galaxy. These findings challenge existing theories of black hole accretion and offer intriguing clues about potential gravitational wave sources for ESA's upcoming LISA mission. XMM-Newton's observations highlight the complexities of
- Hubble tracks down a 'blue lurker' among stars
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 14, 2025 The name "blue lurker" might sound like a villainous character from a superhero movie. But it is a rare class of star that NASA's Hubble Space Telescope explored by looking deeply into the open star cluster M67, roughly 2,800 light-years away. Forensics with Hubble data show that the star has had a tumultuous life, mixing with two other stars gravitationally bound together in a remarkable
- Watch SpaceX Starship explode over Atlantic Ocean on Flight Test 7 (videos)
The upper stage of SpaceX's Starship megarocket exploded over the Atlantic Ocean during the vehicle's Flight 7 test today (Jan. 16), and lots of people saw the sky show.
- SpaceX catches Super Heavy booster on Starship Flight 7 test but loses upper stage (video, photos)
SpaceX pulled off a launch-tower catch of Starship's Super Heavy booster during a test flight today (Jan. 16) but lost the vehicle's upper stage.
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