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With e-MERLIN facing the axe, what next for Jodrell Bank and UK astronomy? – Physics World
3+ hour, 39+ min ago (218+ words) The UK’s Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) recently announced funding cuts to a range of physics and astronomy projects as it seeks to reduce costs. One of the most high-profile casualties is e-MERLIN, a network of seven radio telescopes…...
Quiz of the week: where does new research say the universe's 'missing' baryonic matter is? – Physics World
6+ day, 21+ hour ago (202+ words) Quiz of the week: where does new research say the universe’s ‘missing’ baryonic matter is? Physics World - Enter password Show password Password field is now showing your password - Access more than 20 years of online content - Manage which e-mail newsletters you…...
Betelgeuse is not alone – Physics World
1+ week, 2+ hour ago (249+ words) Astronomers have found the best evidence yet for a companion star to Betelgeuse, the brightest star in the constellation Orion. Based on data obtained by the SPHERE instrument on the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile, they…...
‘Little red dots’ could herald the birth of supermassive black holes – Physics World
1+ week, 22+ hour ago (456+ words) Newborn and rapidly growing supermassive black holes could be powering the mysterious “little red dots” that litter the early universe. That is the conclusion of an international team of astronomers who have found the best evidence yet for a new…...
Seven writers, four physicists, one room, lots of plushies – Physics World
1+ week, 2+ day ago (1318+ words) Robert P Crease attends an unusual workshop that sought to moderate the sometimes infuriating discord between physicists and journalists How many times have you wanted to throttle a journalist? Do you ever get incensed about articles, podcasts or videos that…...
Fast radio bursts reveal that the universe's 'missing matter' is found far from galaxies – Physics World
1+ week, 2+ day ago (310+ words) “Ordinary” matter, which is built from atoms and their protons and neutrons (collectively known as baryons), makes up stars and galaxies and everything we see around us. However, the best models of the universe we have today suggest that close…...
New image captures glowing shock waves in the Helix Nebula – Physics World
2+ week, 2+ hour ago (261+ words) Astronomers have created a spectacular composite image of a dying star’s remains in the act of being recycled. The image shows the Helix Nebula, a bright ring of gas that is located 650 light-years from Earth in the constellation Aquarius. Resembling…...
Knowing through uncertainty: probability and the evolution of our cosmos – Physics World
2+ week, 1+ day ago (366+ words) Knowing through uncertainty: probability and the evolution of our cosmos Physics World - Enter password Show password Password field is now showing your password - Access more than 20 years of online content - Manage which e-mail newsletters you want to receive - Read about…...
Physicists extend Hawking’s black hole laws to dynamical objects – Physics World
2+ week, 2+ day ago (304+ words) The event horizons of black holes that are far from equilibrium can now be described by the first and second laws of thermodynamics thanks to new work by theoretical physicists at Pennsylvania State University in the US. The result augments…...
Transit-based exoplanet survey finds its first microlensing exoplanet – Physics World
2+ week, 3+ day ago (257+ words) NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) mission has notched up its first discovery of an exoplanet via a method known as microlensing. The planet is a “super Jupiter” known as Gaia23bra b, and TESS observed it when the planet and its…...