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Hawaiʻi Skies: Heaven on earth
23+ min ago (91+ words) Today's Hawai‘i Skies was captured by Rich on Hawaiʻi Island. July 14, 2026less than a minute read Today's Hawai‘i Skies was captured by Rich on Hawaiʻi Island. "Just loved the colors in the sky that morning, felt really peaceful looking…...
AI's black box problem: discovering physics we don't understand – Physics World
17+ min ago (1673+ words) From finding new particles to creating new materials, artificial intelligence is becoming an increasingly important part of physics, but what happens if it produces answers that we do not – or cannot – fathom? Claire Malone investigates In The Hitchhiker’s Guide to…...
Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson spent months at Bell Labs in New Jersey convinced the faint hiss in their antenna was a fault — pigeons, droppings, loose rivets, all ruled out — before a Princeton physicist told them it was the oldest light in the universe, the afterglow of the Big Bang.
53+ min ago (319+ words) In May 1964, a chart recorder at Bell Telephone Laboratories registered more microwave power from the sky than Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson could explain....
SKA Will Use Violent Radio Blasts to Map Universe's Hidden Magnetic Fields
49+ min ago (404+ words) The FRBs as cosmological probes preprint is the second chapter in a three-part series being prepared for the SKA's science community. Universe Today covered the paper today. Their origin remains partially contested. The 2020 detection of FRB 200428 from the magnetar SGR…...
Dead stars in our cosmic backyard: Astronomers spot four white dwarfs hiding under our noses
5+ hour, 57+ min ago (438+ words) Direct detection of four new white dwarfs within 20 parsecs of Earth image: An artist impression of a red dwarf with a white dwarf binary companion peeking out from behind. The diameters of the two stars are shown to scale. Credit:…...
NASA space telescopes detect tiny black hole in ancient star cluster
1+ hour, 16+ min ago (604+ words) Most of the black holes that make headlines are absolute space monsters. They outweigh millions — or even billions — of suns, anchor entire galaxies, and reveal themselves by blasting out powerful jets or guzzling huge amounts of gas. This one is…...
Gallery of Solar Santana / RRJ ARQUITECTOS - 1
12+ hour, 55+ min ago (12+ words) ArchDaily Solar Santana / RRJ ARQUITECTOS...
Minnesota astronaut set to make his first trip to the International Space Station
1+ hour, 23+ min ago (66+ words) MPR News Create an account or log in to save stories. Thanks for liking this story! We have added it to a list of your favorite stories. - From kimchi to kombucha: Hype or healthy habit? - U of M researchers create…...
Total solar eclipse to darken the sky on Aug. 12
9+ hour, 30+ min ago (46+ words) Total solar eclipse to darken skies on Aug. 12 Yahoo Parts of Greenland, Iceland, Spain and Portugal will see the sky darken on Aug. 12 during the only total solar eclipse of 2026. Millions across North America and Europe will also see a…...
Metasurface grating gives solar telescopes a boost – Physics World
2+ hour, 22+ min ago (395+ words) Isabelle Dumé is a contributing editor to Physics World. She has more than 10 years of experience in science writing and editing in condensed-matter physics relating to technology/nanotechnology/biotechnology, astronomy and astrophysics, energy and the environment, biology and medicine. She…...