Quantum sensor breakthrough paves way for groundbreaking mapping of Earth's underworld
The sensor works by detecting variations in microgravity using the principles of quantum physics, which is based on manipulating nature.
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Joseph Shavit
- Feb 16, 2022
What is warp drive and is it even a really a thing? Physicist explains
Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity ("GR") represents space and time as a 4-dimensional "fabric" that can be stretched and folded
Joseph Shavit
- Jan 6, 2022
Matter and anti-matter discovery could lead to new physics
The collaboration has made the most precise comparison yet between protons and antiprotons and whether or not they behave in the same ways.
Joseph Shavit
- Jan 5, 2022
Gravitational action of sun and moon influences behavior of animals and plants
Matter on Earth, both live and inert, experiences the effects of the gravitational forces of the Sun and Moon expressed in the form of tides
Joseph Shavit
- Nov 10, 2021
People with disabilities have been locked out of spaceflight, but that is changing
As the airplane tilted steeply upward, Mona Minkara, who is legally blind, experienced gravity like never before. It's a bizarre feeling.
Joseph Shavit
- Nov 9, 2021
Scientists detect a 'tsunami' of gravitational waves
A team of international scientists have unveiled the largest number of gravitational waves ever detected.
Joseph Shavit
- Oct 21, 2021
A spacecraft could use gravity to prevent a dangerous asteroid impact
The ‘gravity tractor’ method of asteroid deflection involves flying a spacecraft close enough to an asteroid so its gravitational attraction
Joseph Shavit
- Sep 16, 2021
Have we detected dark energy? Scientists say it's a possibility
Unexplained results from the XENON1T experiment may have been caused by dark energy, and not the dark matter the experiment tried to detect.
Joshua Shavit
- Sep 6, 2021
Astronomers create the first 3D-printed stellar nurseries
The first 3D-printed stellar nurseries are highly polished spheres about the size of a baseball, representing star-forming clouds of gas.
Joseph Shavit
- Aug 17, 2021
Giant gravitational wave detectors could peer back to see a universe before stars
Just 5 years ago, physicists opened a new window on the universe when they first detected gravitational waves, ripples in space itself
Joseph Shavit
- Aug 13, 2021
Researchers create an interactive gravitational-wave detector for education and museums
Observations of gravitational waves in space have sparked public interest in space technology and an interactive exhibit will help explain
Joseph Shavit
- Jul 27, 2021
Antimatter atoms can be precisely contained and manipulated with lasers
Researchers with the CERN-based ALPHA collaboration have announced the world's first laser-based manipulation of antimatter
Joseph Shavit
- Jul 24, 2021
Astrophysicist outlines plans for the gravitational wave observatory on the moon
Vanderbilt astrophysicist has led a series of studies that make the first case for a gravitational wave infrastructure on the moon.
Joseph Shavit
- Jul 2, 2021
Scientists detect gravitational waves for first time from black holes swallowing neutron stars
For the first time, scientists detected gravitational waves caused by mergers between black holes and neutron stars.
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