5 amazing new discoveries about light

In the body image

YOne might think that after centuries of studying light, we know just about everything about it. It’s true that we’ve had breakthrough after breakthrough in using it, from enlightenment to communication, from examining the micro and macro universes to scanning our own bodies. We understand that light is an electromagnetic wave, thanks to James Clerk … Read more

Probing the mysteries of neutron stars with an amazing terrestrial analogue Ars Technica

Spectral analysis indicates that silica is present in this supernova remnant, Cassiopeia A.

Zoom in / Spectral analysis indicates that silica is present in this supernova remnant, Cassiopeia A. NASA/JPL-Caltech/ O. Krause (Steward Observatory) Since neutron stars were discovered, researchers have used their unusual properties to probe our universe. The superdense remnants of stellar explosions, neutron stars pack more mass than the Sun into a ball about the … Read more