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WebApr 23, 2024 · The timing of the total eclipse on April 8, 2024, will be known to within a second, thousands of years after fearful humans first started trying to anticipate these cosmic events. A generation of physicists has referred to the dark energy that permeates the universe as “the cosmological constant.”.
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The Biggest Discoveries in Physics in 2023 | Quanta Magazine
WebDec 21, 2023 · Black holes are also at the center of one of 2023’s most notable discoveries: evidence for gravitational waves produced by colliding supermassive black holes. To detect those ripples in space-time, several consortia of astronomers scrutinized the cosmos for 15 years — long enough to detect the tiny temporal fluctuations that occur as ...
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WebDec 22, 2022 · JWST Is Revolutionizing Astronomy. The biggest thing in physics this year is floating a million miles away, at a spot in space called Lagrange Point 2, where its sunshield can simultaneously block out the Earth, moon and …
The Biggest Math Breakthroughs in 2022 | Quanta Magazine
WebDec 22, 2022 · The Year in Math. Four Fields Medals were awarded for major breakthroughs in geometry, combinatorics, statistical physics and number theory, even as mathematicians continued to wrestle with how computers are changing the discipline. Video: In 2022, mathematicians solved a centuries-old geometry question, proved the best way …
The Quest to Quantify Quantumness | Quanta Magazine
WebOct 19, 2023 · Introduction. It’s been more than 40 years since the physicist Richard Feynman pointed out that building computing devices based on quantum principles could unlock powers far greater than those of “classical” computers. In a 1981 keynote speech often credited with launching the field of quantum computing, Feynman concluded with a …
2021’s Biggest Breakthroughs in Physics | Quanta Magazine
Web2021’s Biggest Breakthroughs in Physics. It was a big year. Fermilab discovered possible evidence of new physics with the muon G-2 experiment. Physicists created a time crystal, a new phase of matter that appears to violate one of nature’s most cherished laws. And we got a glimpse of an enormous pair of bubbles towering over the Milky Way.
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WebJul 18, 2022 · Computer Science Proof Unveils Unexpected Form of Entanglement. Three computer scientists have posted a proof of the NLTS conjecture, showing that systems of entangled particles can remain difficult to analyze even away from extremes. 3. Kristina Armitage for Quanta Magazine. A striking new proof in quantum computational …
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WebJul 25, 2023 · Alice Pisani, a cosmologist at Princeton University, is hoping that cosmic voids will solve some of cosmology’s most abiding mysteries. “The Hubble tension has lasted a decade so far because it is a hard problem,” said Adam Riess, an astronomer at Johns Hopkins University who uses supernovas to estimate the Hubble constant.
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