Lab experiments characterize a phenomenon predicted by cosmologist Stephen Hawking NOT BLACK Stephen Hawking first proposed that black holes (illustrated) aren’t fully black, but emit a faint haze of particles that came to be known as Hawking radiation. Now scientists have measured the radiation’s temperature in a lab analog of a black hole. NASA’s Goddard […] More
LHC data suggests the subatomic particle’s constituent quarks and gluons share weird links TIED UP Protons contain smaller particles called quarks and gluons (illustrated). Experimental data suggest that quantum entanglement links those particles with one another. scify/Shutterstock Share this: This article is only available to Science News subscribers. Subscribers, enter your e-mail address to access […] More
A variation of the classic double-slit experiment is applied to a positron for the first time MAKING WAVES The famous double-slit experiment (illustrated) has revealed that particles of matter, like electrons, are also waves. Now, researchers have performed a similar experiment to demonstrate antimatter’s wavelike behavior. RUSSELL KIGHTLEY/Science Source Share this: This article is only […] More
Subatomic particles born in the universe’s first second may imprint their effects on the sky RUN IN CIRCLES Galaxies in the universe tend to cluster into rings (illustrated), and scientists have found signs that subatomic particles called neutrinos change the way matter is distributed in the circles. Zosia Rostomian/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Share this: This […] More
The burst of light from far away may have been a new type of supernova GLOBAL OBSERVATIONS An odd stellar flare called the “Cow” was observed by telescopes around the world, including the Australia Telescope Compact Array (shown) near Narrabri, Australia. Alex Cherney, CSIRO Share this: This article is only available to Science News subscribers. […] More
This series of brief radio signals comes from a galaxy 1.6 billion light-years away EARLY DAYS The Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment in western Canada spotted 13 new fast radio bursts last summer, one of which repeats. The telescope wasn’t even operating at full capacity at the time. CHIME Collaboration Share this: This article is […] More
It’s the second probe ever to exit the heliosphere OVER AND OUT The Voyager 2 spacecraft has crossed into interstellar space, six years after its twin probe, Voyager 1. The two spacecraft are providing an unprecedented look at the edge of the sun’s influence (lighter blue bubble in this illustration). JPL-Caltech/NASA Share this: This article […] More
The discovery could shed light on how galaxies and black holes grow up together A MIGHTY WIND Supermassive black holes in the centers of galaxies can blow gas and plasma far away from their galaxies, as shown in this artist’s illustration based on the Pinwheel galaxy. JPL-Caltech/NASA Share this: This article is only available to […] More
