Physics
We summarize the week's scientific breakthroughs every Thursday.
- Physics
Here’s why your wheelie suitcase wobbles
Physicists explain why roller suitcases rock back and forth as you dash through the terminal.
- Astronomy
Satellite trio will hunt gravitational waves from space
The European Space Agency has green-lighted the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna, expected to launch in 2034.
- Quantum Physics
Quantum satellite shatters entanglement record
A satellite sent entangled particles to two Chinese cities 1,200 kilometers apart.
- Physics
Water circling a drain provides insight into black holes
Water waves scattering off a vortex can exhibit rotational superradiance, an effect predicted to appear in black holes.
- Physics
Faux particles commit physics faux pas
Quasiparticles present in a solid material break the rules of particle physics.
- Physics
Swift kick from a supernova could knock a black hole askew
An exploding star may have tilted the spin of one of LIGO’s black holes.
- Physics
LIGO snags another set of gravitational waves
Two black holes stirred up the third set of gravitational waves ever detected.
- Particle Physics
Readers puzzled by proton’s properties
Readers sent feedback on under-ice greenhouses in the Arctic, the Martian atmosphere and more.
- Planetary Science
Why you can hear and see meteors at the same time
People can see and hear meteors simultaneously because of radio waves produced by the descending space rocks.
- Quantum Physics
Quantum tractor beam could tug atoms, molecules
The wavelike behavior of quantum particles could be harnessed to move atoms.
- Physics
Naked singularity might evade cosmic censor
Physicists demonstrate the possibility of a “naked” singularity in curved space.
- Particle Physics
Antiproton count hints at dark matter annihilation
Antimatter in cosmic rays could be a sign of dark matter.
