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Physicists capture rare illusion of an object moving at 99.9% the speed of lightFor the first time, physicists have simulated what objects moving near the speed of light would look like — an optical illusion called the Terrell-Penrose effect.
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Einstein's relativity could rewrite a major rule about what types of planets are habitablePlanets that orbit white dwarf stars should be too hot to host alien life, theories suggest. But a new study accounting for Einstein's general relativity may rewrite that rule.
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Nobel Prize in physics goes to three scientists who discovered bizarre quantum effect on large scalesThe 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis "for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electric circuit."
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Nobel Prize in Physics: 1901-PresentAn artist's illustration of an artificial neural network.
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Physicists find a loophole in Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle without breaking itBy using something called a quantum grid, scientists have found a clever way to simultaneously measure momentum and position without violating Heisenberg's uncertainty principle.
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What are the 'magic numbers' in nuclear physics?Why do some elements decay in minutes, while others last billions of years? Certain "magic numbers" of nuclear particles may make all the difference.
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Scientists create first-ever visible time crystals using light — and they could one day appear on $100 billsThe visible patterns produced by the time crystals could be used for data storage and anti-counterfeiting designs.
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Why does the universe exist?The universe exists because matter and antimatter are not good friends.
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Scientists watch a single electron move during a chemical reaction for first time everFor the first time, scientists visualized how electrons behave during a chemical reaction, which could help reduce unwanted byproducts in future chemistry.
