16+ hour, 50+ min ago  (352+ words) Before researchers can develop and reliably test new, improved processes, Phipps explains that they need access to real-world operational CSP data. “We believe that modern data-driven machine learning methods like ours can help solve a lot of these problems,” he…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago  (567+ words) Astronomers have raised concerns over a decision by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to permit the launch of a private satellite that can reflect sunlight onto the Earth’s surface after dark. Astronomers, however, fear that the mirror, and the several…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago  (199+ words) The main challenge, he explains, is that gravitational-wave data are hard to interpret. “Interesting features can appear for many reasons, so we had to be very cautious,” he says. “We needed to separate this possible direct-wave signature from the much…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago  (264+ words) I am an online editor of Physics World. I did a PhD in condensed-matter physics at McMaster University in Canada. I am still fascinated by what is an extremely rich and varied subject that I believe is ignored by the…...

6+ day, 16+ hour ago  (395+ words) Isabelle Dumé is a contributing editor to Physics World. She has more than 10 years of experience in science writing and editing in condensed-matter physics relating to technology/nanotechnology/biotechnology, astronomy and astrophysics, energy and the environment, biology and medicine. She…...

1+ week, 17+ hour ago  (524+ words) For decades, the Outer Space Treaty (OST) has prevented any nation from placing nuclear weapons in space. To date, however, no mechanisms have been put in place to determine whether a signing member’s satellite may be violating this treaty, or…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (321+ words) One of the JWST’s most surprising discoveries is that when the universe was between one and two billion years old, it already contained large numbers of massive galaxies. Astronomers think these galaxies may have acquired most of their mass in…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (563+ words) The Bullet Cluster of galaxies might only have half as much dark matter than scientists thought, or perhaps even none at all, according to a new look at observations of this immense collision of galaxies from the James Webb Space…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (357+ words) A major astronomy facility in the Andes has begun a 10-year survey of the Southern sky with the aim of creating the most comprehensive, cinematic record of the universe ever made. Based in Cerro Pachón in the Andes, the Vera…...

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