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Observations of a star orbiting the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way over almost thirty years confirm that it moves just as predicted by Einstein’s general theory of relativity ~space Article 1458 words 8 votes
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"Fogbank" is a mysterious, classified material, possibly an aerogel, used in the construction of nuclear warheads ~science physics Article 1679 words 8 votes
How to tell matter from antimatter | CP violation and the Ozma problem ~science physics Video 5:02, published Feb 26 2020 5 votes
WFIRST, proposed for cancellation, is approved for development ~space spaceflight.scientific astronomy Article 499 words 3 votes
Physicists take their closest look yet at an antimatter atom ~science physics.particle physics.quantum Article 10 votes
Radical hydrogen-boron reactor could leapfrog current nuclear fusion tech ~science physics Article 1093 words 11 votes
An explanation of how gears affect the properties of rotational motion and how the shape of their teeth is more sophisticated than it may initially seem ~engineering Article 4561 words 5 votes
New evidence shows that the key assumption made in the discovery of dark energy is in error ~science astronomy physics Article 664 words 12 votes
Quantum droplets win the 2019 Royal Society Publishing Photography Competition ~science physics Article 596 words 9 votes
Neutron stars – The most extreme things that are not black holes ~space astronomy Video 8:41 10 votes
Jackson Pollock deliberately avoided “coiling instabilities” when creating his paintings ~science physics Article 1017 words 5 votes
Why the search for dark matter depends on ancient shipwrecks ~science physics.particle Article 1858 words, published Oct 25 2019 7 votes
The 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded, with one half to James Peebles and the other half jointly to Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz ~science physics Article 846 words 7 votes
Quantum Darwinism, an idea to explain objective reality, passes first tests ~science physics.quantum Article 2407 words 11 votes
Winners of the 2020 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences, Fundamental Physics and Mathematics announced, awarding a collective $21.6 million ~science physics mathematics biology Article 2862 words 5 votes
Making new elements doesn’t pay. Just ask this Berkeley scientist ~science physics.particle Article 5 votes
A passion for physical realms, minute and massive (2001) ~science physics Article 1675 words, published Feb 20 2001 5 votes
Virtual particles: What are they? ~science physics.particle Article 1912 words, published Oct 10 2011 7 votes
World’s largest nuclear fusion experiment clears milestone: ITER on track to begin operations in 2025 ~science physics Article 469 words 22 votes
Inside a nuclear reactor (the High Flux Isotope Reactor at Oak Ridge National Laboratory) ~science physics Video 24:15 8 votes
Scientists piece together the largest US-based dark matter experiment ~science physics Article 1151 words 11 votes
The quantum theory that peels away the mystery of measurement ~science physics.quantum Article 1267 words, published Jul 3 2019 5 votes
Albert Einstein's relativity document gifted to Nobel museum ~science physics Article 364 words 4 votes