Published on Apr 28, 2019
The universe is expanding faster than it used to, meaning it’s about a billion years younger than we thought, a new study by a Nobel Prize winner says. And that’s sending a shudder through the world of physics, making astronomers re-think some of its most basic concepts. |SOURCE| At issue is a number called the Hubble constant, a calculation for [...] Read more
Published on Apr 28, 2019
UMD physicists design self-cloaking material with potential applications in telecommunications and next-generation computing. |SOURCE| University of Maryland physicists have developed a new cloaking material that can become transparent to microwave radiation with the flip of a switch. Because many wireless communication devices rely on microwaves, [...] Read more
Published on Apr 28, 2019
One of Stephen Hawking's most famous theories about dark matter — that this mysterious and invisible substance is made up of primordial black holes — recently suffered a huge blow. That conclusion comes from a massive telescope that captured an image of an entire galaxy in one shot. |SOURCE| One of Stephen Hawking's most famous theories about dark [...] Read more
Published on Apr 11, 2019
The European Space Agency’s ExoMars spacecraft failed to find any traces of methane on the Red Planet during its hunt from April to August of 2018. This goes directly against recent positive reports of methane by ESA’s own Mars Express spacecraft and NASA’s Curiosity rover, which both saw methane in 2013. |SOURCE| ExoMars has a sensitive detector [...] Read more