Tag: Neutron stars
Hopes of Big Bang Discoveries Ride on a Future Spacecraft | Quanta Magazine
IntroductionAt a conference in Japan a few years ago, David Dunsky attended a talk about gravitational waves, ripples in the fabric of space-time created...
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Could gravastars be nested inside one another like a Russian doll? – Physics World
Gravastars, hypothetical alternatives to black holes, could end up nested inside one another like a Russian Matryoshka doll – according to new calculations that...
Physicists take the temperature of second sound – Physics World
A new technique for monitoring “second sound” – a bizarre type of heat wave that occurs in superfluids – has been developed by physicists...
Evidence grows for deconfined quark matter in neutron-star cores – Physics World
It is very likely that ultra-dense deconfined quark matter exists in the cores of the...
Quantum News Briefs: January 3, 2023: QuantrolOx Releases Their First Product, Quantum Edge Asparagus; U.S. Department of Energy Looks at Quantum Vortexes; 3 Quantum...
By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry posted 03 Jan 2024 Quantum News Briefs: January 3rd, 2023:
QuantrolOx Releases Their First Product, Quantum...
Extra-Long Blasts Challenge Our Theories of Cosmic Cataclysms | Quanta Magazine
IntroductionOn December 11, 2021, a beam of gamma rays — the most energetic form of light — slammed into NASA’s Swift satellite. Within 120...
Evidence found for the production of tellurium in neutron star mergers – Physics World
Physicists in Japan and Lithuania have found evidence that tellurium is produced in neutron star...
Surprising link discovered between fast radio bursts and earthquakes – Physics World
Researchers in Japan have found striking similarities between the statistical behaviour of repeating fast radio...
Astrophysicist uses X-rays to explore the universe, heat pumps could prevent potholes – Physics World
This episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast features a wide-ranging conversation with the astrophysicist Victoria Grinberg, who is a liaison...
Gravitational waves could reveal dark matter transforming neutron stars into black holes – Physics World
A team of theoretical physicists in India has shown that gravitational waves could reveal the...
Newly-observed oxygen-28 nucleus fails ‘double magic’ test – Physics World
Scientists in Japan have become the first to observe the super-heavy oxygen isotopes oxygen-27 (27O)...
A Mysterious Interstellar Radio Signal Has Been Blinking on and off Every 22 Minutes for Over 30 Years
Last year, astronomers made an intriguing discovery: a radio signal in space that switched on and off every 18 minutes.Astronomers expect to see some...
A New Map of the Universe, Painted With Cosmic Neutrinos | Quanta Magazine
IntroductionOf the 100 trillion neutrinos that pass through you every second, most come from the sun or Earth’s atmosphere. But a smattering of the...