Science & Technology

Astronomers have confirmed the youngest known planet yet, a Jupiter-size world less than 1 million years old that orbits a star about 450 light-years from Earth, according to a study published Sept. 16 in The Astrophysical Journal Letters. The planet, designated Elias 2-24 b, remains surrounded by the gas and dust from which it formed,…
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A team from Vienna and Frankfurt has found a formula describing a strange phenomenon: Space and time can form a kind of “crystal” that may turn into a black hole. The results are described in Physical Review Letters. Alongside the famous gigantic black holes, physics also allows for microscopic versions. They emerge from so-called…
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Somehow, while the rest of the ancient Egyptian world has crumbled around it, the Great Pyramid of Khufu at Giza remains standing, even after 4,600 years. Even through major earthquakes and the gradual loss of its gleaming white casing stones, the main structure of the pyramid endures, its granite and limestone blocks still firmly in…
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Are there hidden connections between some of the most mysterious phenomena in modern physics, including gravity, quantum mechanics, and the nature of time itself? That is the premise behind new research tackling some of the most perplexing problems that continue to baffle physicists. According to the new findings, the enduring…
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Scientists at Australian National University (ANU) have reported the first confirmed observation of atoms engaged in one of the most perplexing behaviours known to modern physics: the apparent ability to exist in two entirely separate places at once. The phenomenon, known as entanglement, could be more accurately described as the…
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How a lone Japanese engineer succeeded in isolating and stabilizing a functioning phase of a planetary process In these posts a theory called the Rock-Water Circuit is presented, integrating findings from fields as diverse as geology, hydrology, biology, chemistry, and origin-of-life science. A core insight of Rock–Water Circuit…
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The closer we look at time, the more interesting it gets The nature of time is one of the most profound and longstanding problems in physics. From our perspective, time seems to steadily progress forward with each tick of the clock. But the closer we look, the more interesting time becomes – from equations that state time should flow…
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Researchers recorded neural activity in bats navigating in the wild, revealing a sophisticated internal “compass” that functions independently of celestial cues like the moon and stars. Unlike migratory birds that rely on Earth's magnetic field, bats' head-direction neurons consistently fired based on learned landmarks, maintaining…
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The universe has long been described as a vast, mostly empty space dotted with isolated islands of matter we call galaxies. But a groundbreaking new discovery is shattering that lonely view, revealing a cosmos that is dynamically connected on a scale that is almost beyond comprehension. Astronomers have now spotted one of the largest…
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Researchers using advanced radar technology claim to have discovered a massive, previously unknown network of eight spiraling shafts and two enormous chambers extending over 3,500 feet beneath the Khafre pyramid, structures they describe as dwarfing the visible pyramids. The team employed Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Doppler…
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