Neutrinos Can’t Travel Faster Than Light. Here’s What That Means for Black Holes
Faster-than-light neutrinos would be able to escape from the spacetime prisons of black holes. Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb explores the cosmic consequences.
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Can Black Holes Be Made from Light? Scientists Say No, but Gravity Suggests Otherwise.
Can a black hole be made from light? A recent paper says no, but there was a crucial factor omitted from their calculations.
CERN Experiment Achieves Groundbreaking First Observations of High-Energy Neutrino Interactions in a Particle Collider
High-energy neutrino interactions have been observed within a particle collider for the first time, according to findings detailed in a new study that marks an important new milestone in particle physics.
CERN Physicists Report First Direct Detection of Electron Neutrinos in Groundbreaking Experiment
Electron neutrinos have been experimentally observed for the first time during recent experiments by physicists at CERN.
Quantum Simulations Reveal New Insights into Behavior of Neutrinos Fueling Supernovas
New research is revealing key insights into the role mysterious neutrinos play in fueling supernovae.
DARPA’s Secretive New Neutrino Detector Program Could Be A Game-Changer for Global Underwater Military Surveillance
DARPA is aiming to revolutionize global military surveillance and underwater communication using neutrino detection technology.
Evidence of Quantum Gravity Remains Elusive in South Pole Experiments. An Odd Particle Could Hold the Answer.
Quantum Gravity experiments at the South Pole failed to discover elusive effects on the quantum coherence of neutrinos.
The Invisible Sky Within Neutrinos
Neutrinos are electrically neutral particles that interact only through the weak interaction and gravity. If our eyes were sensitive to neutrinos, what would we see?
The Department of Energy Has Created Ultra-Pure Materials to Investigate the Origin of Matter in the Universe
The Department of Energy has helped to create ultra-pure materials that will help in the search for neutrinos and dark matter.
Mysterious New Properties of “Ghost Particle” Neutrinos Unveiled With Help From an Ancient Supernova
Researchers may now be closer to understanding the secret interactions that occur between neutrinos when stars explode, according to new research into the behavior of the mysterious subatomic particles.
This Little Quantum Light of Mine
This week on The Debrief Weekly Report...The DARPA Liberty Lifter, A Particle Accelerator Breakthrough, and Controlling the Chaos of Light
This week on The Debrief Weekly Report...The DARPA Liberty Lifter, A Particle Accelerator Breakthrough, and Controlling the Chaos of Light
Join Stephanie Gerk and MJ Banias this week as they discuss the latest news from The Debrief, including whether DARPA can make a giant double-decker airplane.
First Detection of Neutrinos in a Particle Collider Reported by California Physicists in a Scientific First
Physicists in California have reported the detection of neutrinos in a particle collider, marking a new breakthrough development in physics.
Wolf 1069b Was an Inside Job!
This week on The Debrief Weekly Report...
This week on The Debrief Weekly Report...
On today’s episode, physicists have developed a ‘ghost ruler’ using neutrinos, Wolf 1069b is the latest exoplanet discovery, and the future of drone technology is getting scary.
“Impossible” Physics Breakthrough Achieved By Researchers Studying Mysterious “Ghost Particles”
Researchers say they have uncovered a new method of studying protons involving beams of mysterious “ghost particles."
What Would a Planck Energy Accelerator Entail?
If we ever detect a beam of Planck energy neutrinos from a preferred direction in the sky, we will know where to search for new physics.