Scientists have blown up some atoms like balloons to create an extreme version of an ‘impossible’ state of matter. By bombarding rubidium atoms with lasers, physicists have forced them into an airy Rydberg state. This experiment resulted in an exotic state of matter known as a time crystal. According to the team, this opens up … Read more
Astronomer David Kipping, of Cool Worlds fame, has called on other astronomers to use their telescope time to observe a particularly unusual star that appears to have a very strange or “seemingly impossible” chemical composition. In recent years, we have seen some stars behaving really strangely. The classic example is KIC 8462852, better known as … Read more
Astronomers get their money’s worth. Scientists have used the powerful $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope to peer into the deepest cosmos and capture images of star clusters in an extremely old galaxy for the first time. In the images below you see these star clusters, which are gravitationally bound groups of stars, as they … Read more
Here are two facts about math that are often not advertised: First, there are some problems that are simply unsolvable. It’s not that you’re personally not smart enough, or that you’re using the wrong method to find out; the question, conjecture or concept will simply never be solved by anyone. And second, inspiration for high-level … Read more
After more than six months of grueling negotiations, David Ellison thought he was about to make the deal of a lifetime: the acquisition of Paramount, the century-old Hollywood studio. Ellison received word Tuesday morning in Los Angeles from an adviser to Shari Redstone, the heiress who controls the media group behind classics, including The godfather, … Read more
This image shows Olympus Mons, the tallest volcano not only on Mars but in the entire solar system. … [+] The volcano has a diameter of about 600 kilometers. The image was captured in the early morning (07:20 local solar time, LST) by the high-resolution stereo camera on board ESA’s Mars Express, and included as … Read more
The explosive green “devil comet” that recently roared close to Earth appeared to grow an impossible second tail as it passed us, new photos reveal. But this extra limb, known as an anti-tail, is actually an extremely rare optical illusion caused by the comet’s proximity to our planet. 12P/Pons-Brooks (12P) is a 17-kilometer-wide comet with … Read more
Google Pixel 8a Andy Boxall / Digital trends I hated explaining which cheap Pixel 8 phone to buy when I reviewed the Google Pixel 8a. Ultimately, I decided to say the Pixel 8a is the cheap Pixel phone you should buy… except for the times when you shouldn’t. This confusing situation is all Google’s doing … Read more