New Method Proposed To Detect Universe’s Mysterious “Phantom Heat” Predicted by Einstein

The findings resolve a long-standing problem in fundamental physics. Scientists at Hiroshima University have created a ...
Science Daily

The phantom heat of empty space might soon be detectable

A Hiroshima University team has designed a feasible way to detect the Unruh effect, where acceleration turns quantum vacuum ...
Wired

The Physics of Going Fast—but Not Too Fast—on a Giant Slide

You might have seen some of the viral videos of this giant steel slide at Belle Isle Park in Michigan, which temporarily closed this summer because riders were sliding so fast they were losing contact ...
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

NASA Launches IMAP Mission to Study the Heliosphere and Better Understand Space Weather

NASA’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) lifted off aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the agency’s ...
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

NASA’s IMAP Mission Passes Major Prelaunch Milestone

NASA’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) completed its Flight Readiness Review on Sept. 18, which certifies ...