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How Do We See All the Way Back In Time?
Physicists have managed to think of several theoretical ways to approach nearly every extreme we can think of…
Why Your Straw Looks Odd In a Glass of Water
Stop for a bit if you’re drinking water from a bottle or a glass through a straw (hopefully…
Physics Nobel Laureates Awarded for Shining Light on Tiny Electron Dynamics
(Hero image: Ill. Niklas Elmehed © Nobel Prize Outreach) The Nobel Prize in Physics for 2023 has been…
Why So Blue? The Science of the Sky’s Colors
Ask a child to draw a picture of their house, and they will likely show the following: a…
Did We Just Disprove Dark Matter?
The GAIA astrometric survey’s recent results reveal some curious bits of information that challenge what we currently accept…
Oppenheimer Studied More Than Just the Bomb—Here’s the Rest of His Repertoire.
He may be famous (or infamous) for the bomb now, but J. Robert Oppenheimer studied more than just…
What’s at the Edge of an Infinite Universe?
There are many versions scientists have thought of when it comes to the nature of our cosmos; is…
What Would You See If You Fell Into a Black Hole?
This is all hypothetical, of course, but imagine you’re about to fall into a black hole. What would…
What Happens If We Slow Down Light?
Most of us would not know precisely how fast light is, but it is not surprising to most…
Researchers Unveil Simple Theory for “Strange Metal” Behavior
Aavishkar Patel and his team from the Flatiron Institute‘s Center for Computational Quantum Physics (CCQ) in New York…