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In the new study, Lavvas and his colleagues suggest that as on Titan, sunlight triggers chemical reactions in Pluto's upper atmosphere, forming simple compounds such as hydrogen cyanide, a molecule made up of one hydrogen, one carbon and one nitrogen atom. Their models suggested hydrogen cyanide might freeze to produce tiny ice particles. … [Read more...] about Pluto’s haze made up of ice crystals with cyanide hearts

When a neutron turns into a mirror neutron, a few things happen. The mirror neutron still hangs out inside the star; it's gravitationally bound and thus can't go anywhere. And the mirror neutron has a (tiny) gravitational influence of its own, so the star doesn't evaporate. But mirror neutrons don't participate in the interactions that scientists detect in neutron stars, so that changes the internal chemistry. They do take part in a "mirror neutron star" life, with its own set of interesting atomic interactions, but that life is hidden from us, like a ghost inhabiting the body of a regular neutron star. … [Read more...] about Neutrons’ ‘evil twins’ may be crushing stars into black holes

There has been a mad rush of SPAC mergers in the electric vehicle space across the last seven months as investors looked to capitalize on the momentum created by Tesla’s skyrocketing valuation. EVgo joins the likes of Canoo, Fisker Inc., Lordstown Motors, Nikola, Arrival, Hyliion, and competitor ChargePoint in going public via the SPAC route. It certainly won’t be the last, either, as startups like Lucid Motors and even Faraday Future are in talks to do the same. … [Read more...] about Charging company EVgo is going public via SPAC merger

Lucasfilm The fourth episode of the Skywalker Saga (and the original Star Wars movie) is set in 0 BBY, and builds to the famous Death Star battle. Darth Vader is determined to track down the stolen Death Star plans and captures Princess Leia, kicking off a series of events that see Luke Skywalker and Han Solo joining the Rebel Alliance. Leia is rescued and the Death Star is destroyed. … [Read more...] about How to watch every Star Wars movie and TV show online in chronological order

That's why today's optical clocks measure time by averaging the oscillations of thousands of atoms. But even that method can't get rid of the standard quantum limit. A decade ago, Vuletić and his team, along with researchers from the University of Belgrade in Serbia, had an idea for how to overcome this limitation: Entangle the particles. Quantum entanglement — or "spooky action at a distance," as Albert Einstein famously called it — is the idea that the fates of tiny particles are linked to each other even if they're separated by long distances. So, by entangling the atoms that keep time, the scientists might be able to keep each pair or group of entangled atoms in the same state and thus oscillating at similar frequencies, thereby allowing the clock to overcome the standard quantum limit and measure time more precisely. … [Read more...] about ‘Spooky action at a distance’ could create a nearly perfect clock