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Webb Telescope Discovers Possible Link to Early Star Formation
Sep 26, 2024 (SPX)
Alex Cameron of the University of Oxford, UK, who led the research, shared his initial reaction to the data: "My first thought in looking at the galaxy's spectr...
DECam Study Reveals Dense Galactic Clusters Around Early Universe Quasars
Sep 25, 2024 (SPX)
Quasars are extremely bright celestial objects powered by supermassive black holes, often located in dense cosmic environments. It was widely believed that thes...
Dark Matter May Experience Forces Beyond Gravity
Sep 25, 2024 (SPX)
This research, published in 'Astrophysical Journal Letters', analyzed data from the Hubble Space Telescope and was led by Jorge Sanchez Almeida and Ignacio Truj...
First data from XRISM offers new look at supermassive black holes
Sep 22, 2024 (SPX)
More exciting than the data, though, is the fact that the long-awaited satellite behind it - the X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission or XRISM - is just getti...
SkAI Initiative aims to expand astrophysics research with AI
Sep 22, 2024 (SPX)
The collaboration, led by Northwestern University, will establish the NSF-Simons AI Institute for the Sky (SkAI), which will be one of two new centers designed ...
New cosmic distance catalogue offers fresh insights into Universe formation
Sep 20, 2024 (SPX)
Data for the catalogue was collected over 200 nights between 2015 and 2019 using the PAUCam camera, mounted on the William Herschel Telescope in La Palma. The c...
New optical atomic clock design simplifies technology without losing precision
Sep 19, 2024 (SPX)
"Over the last two decades, many great advances have been made in the performance of next generation atomic clocks," said Jason Jones, research team leader from...
Gargantuan black hole jets are biggest seen yet
Sep 19, 2024 (SPX)
"This pair is not just the size of a solar system, or a Milky Way; we are talking about 140 Milky Way diameters in total," says Martijn Oei, a Caltech postdocto...
Reinventing the Clock: NASA's New Tech for Space Timekeeping
Sep 19, 2024 (SPX)
+ One team develops highly precise quantum clock synchronization techniques to aid essential spacecraft communication and navigation. + Another Goddard team is ...
Researchers create controlled atomic nucleus movement in single atom
Sep 19, 2024 (SPX)
The study focused on a titanium atom, specifically Ti-47. "A Ti-47 atom, to be precise," explained lead researcher Sander Otte. "It contains one neutron fewer t...
Compact nuclear clocks edge closer to reality
Sep 18, 2024 (SPX)
A rising contender for the development of ultra-precise nuclear optical clocks is the nuclear first-excited state of 229Th isotope. Its long half-life of 103 se...
Atoms on the edge
Sep 17, 2024 (SPX)
But in certain exotic materials, electrons can appear to flow with single-minded purpose. In these materials, electrons may become locked to the material's edge...
Shamir study supports century-old tired light theory, challenging big bang
Sep 16, 2024 (SPX)
Lior Shamir, an associate professor of computer science, conducted an observational study using imaging from three telescopes and over 30,000 galaxies to measur...
What time is it on the moon? NASA's trying to figure that out
Sep 12, 2024 (UPI)
The program, also known as SCaN, will coordinate with various stakeholders on a timekeeping effort to "enable a future lunar ecosystem" that could also be exten...
NASA's Hubble, Chandra find supermassive black hole duo
Sep 11, 2024 (SPX)
This AGN pair is the closest one detected in the local universe using multiwavelength (visible and X-ray light) observations. While several dozen "dual" black h...
Scientists Create a One-Dimensional Gas Using Light
Sep 11, 2024 (SPX)
The experiment, conducted by the Institute of Applied Physics (IAP) at the University of Bonn, in collaboration with the RPTU, relied on confining and cooling p...
Massive merger could explain origin of Milky Way's supermassive black hole
Sep 11, 2024 (SPX)
Researchers from the Nevada Center for Astrophysics at UNLV (NCfA) have uncovered new evidence that the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way, ...
Quantum entanglement between electronic and motional states in cold-atom quantum simulator
Sep 05, 2024 (SPX)
Cold atoms, confined and manipulated using optical traps, are gaining prominence as a platform for advancing "quantum technology," including quantum computing, ...
Major leap for nuclear clock paves way for ultraprecise timekeeping
Sep 05, 2024 (SPX)
An international research team led by scientists at JILA, a joint institute of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of C...
How bright is the universe's glow? Study offers best measurement yet
Sep 05, 2024 (SPX)
The new study, published Aug. 28 in The Astrophysical Journal, draws on observations from NASA's New Horizons spacecraft, which whizzed past Pluto in 2015 and i...
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