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Physicists Capture First-Ever Image of Atoms as Waves, Unlocking New Insights in Quantum Mechanics TL;DR For the first time, scientists have captured an image showing atoms behaving both as waves and particles, a phenomenon predicted by quantum mechanics. The team cooled lithium atoms near absolute zero and used an optical lattice to alternate between particle…
For the First Time, Astronomers Track Bubbling Gas on a Distant Star, Revealing Surprising Movements TL;DR For the first time ever, astronomers captured images of bubbling gas on a star’s surface, similar to what is seen on the Sun. The team used the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) to observe R Doradus, a red giant…
Ancient Roman-Style Sandal Uncovered in Norway’s Melting Ice, Offering Clues About Iron Age Travel TL;DR A 1,700-year-old Roman-style sandal was discovered in a melting ice patch in Norway, shedding light on Iron Age travel. Found by a local hiker in 2019, the leather sandal was quickly excavated before a snowstorm hit. Archaeologists believe the sandal…
Discover Where the Milky Way Lies Within Laniakea, a Vast Supercluster of 100,000 Galaxies TL;DR Researchers have mapped the movement of over 8,000 galaxies and identified our Milky Way’s exact position within the Laniakea supercluster. Stretching 500 million light-years across and containing roughly 100,000 galaxies, Laniakea is one of the largest cosmic structures in the…
Discover How Spinning Black Holes Bend Light and Reveal Repeated Images of Distant Galaxies TL;DR A new mathematical breakthrough explains why black holes create multiple images of distant galaxies by bending light. This bending, which allows light to loop around a black hole, results in distorted yet repeated images. The distance needed to see the…
New Research Links Quantum Mechanics to Consciousness, Exploring the Brain’s Quantum Connections TL;DR Recent research suggests a connection between quantum mechanics and consciousness, challenging traditional views of brain function. Theoretical proposals indicate that consciousness may arise from quantum states, potentially explained by the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics. Roger Penrose’s hypothesis posits that the collapse…
Supermassive Black Hole 9 Billion Light-Years Away Consumes Largest Star Ever Observed TL;DR Version is their collaborator discovered a black hole that shredded a star (called a Tidal Disruption Event (TDE)) that was initially misclassified as a supernova and occurred about 9 billion light years away, well beyond where they normally see these things. It…
Researchers Find Palomar 5 Cluster Contains Over 100 Black Holes, Leading to Ejection of Stars into Space TL;DR Scientists have discovered that the Palomar 5 star cluster, located 80,000 light-years away, may contain over 100 stellar-mass black holes, making up around 20% of its mass. This discovery explains the cluster’s spread-out stars and long tidal…
Maybe this is how we get back to the right timeline TL;DR An international team of physicists has shown that time itself can exist in a quantum superposition state, where traditional cause and effect are blurred. Their study combines quantum mechanics with general relativity to explore how events can influence each other both forward and…
“Imagine taking a pile of metal five times larger than the Big Island of Hawaii and burying it underground.” TL;DR Planetary scientists have uncovered a massive metal anomaly beneath the Moon’s South Pole-Aitken Basin, weighing about 2.18 billion billion kilograms and extending over 300 kilometers deep. This hidden mass, discovered using data from NASA’s GRAIL…