Will crullers around black holes dance?
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Shining doughnut-like structures come from the radiation of the accretion flow around the black hole.
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Watch launch of biggest, most powerful telescope
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U astronomer Anil Seth explains why the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope was a cosmically huge deal.
Read MoreCutting through noise for better solar cells
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U physicists analyzed electrical noise to detect formerly invisible inefficiencies in solar cells and identified the physical processes that caused them. The technique could make future solar cells more efficient.
Read MoreNew effort to map the universe, unravel mysteries of ‘dark energy’
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The international collaboration that includes the University of Utah aims to construct a 3-D map of the universe in more detail than ever before.
Read MoreBlack holes and humankind
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Learn how understanding black holes can help us understand ourselves.
Read MoreNew perovskite LED emits a circularly polarized glow
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LEDs led to the high-definition viewing experience we’ve come to expect from our screens. A new type of LED that utilizes spintronics could take displays to the next level.
Read MorePerseverance Rover’s journey to Mars
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U alum Thomas Stucky, a KBRwyle engineer at NASA’s Ames Research Center, talked about NASA’s mission to search for life on Mars—and prepare for future human explorers.
Read MoreFORGEing a new partnership
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The new project includes hands-on and virtual heat conduction experiments.
Read MoreSARS-CoV-2-like particles very sensitive to temperature
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A new study suggests that as temperatures get cooler, particles on surfaces will remain infectious longer.
Read MoreGamma-ray scientists bring distant stars into focus
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For the first time in nearly 50 years, stellar intensity interferometry has been used to take the measure of the stars.
Read MoreLargest 3-D map of the universe ever created
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The results are measurements of more than 2 million galaxies and quasars covering 11 billion years of cosmic time.
Read MorePioneering method reveals dynamic structure in HIV
The new technique can track molecules in real time, at room temperature, with impressive resolution.
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