Physics and Astronomy News Archive: November 2021

Image: Astronomers May Have Discovered the First Planet Outside of Our Galaxy

Astronomers May Have Discovered the First Planet Outside of Our Galaxy

Source: CFA Harvard   Posted: 11/12/21

Signs of a planet transiting a star outside of the Milky Way galaxy may have been detected for the first time.
Image: Smart Material Switches Between Heating and Cooling in Minutes

Smart Material Switches Between Heating and Cooling in Minutes

Source: Duke   Posted: 11/9/21

Deployed on roofs or facades, passive technology could greatly reduce HVAC energy consumption in buildings.
Image: A novel way to generate visible light

A novel way to generate visible light

Source: INRS   Posted: 11/7/21

An international research team demonstrates how to generate extremely short pulses of visible light using an industrial-grade laser system.
Image: Researchers set ‘ultrabroadband’ record with entangled photons

Researchers set ‘ultrabroadband’ record with entangled photons

Source: URochester   Posted: 11/5/21

Researchers have generated record ‘ultrabroadband’ bandwidth of entangled photons using the thin-film nanophotonic device
Image: Research finally reveals ancient universal equation for the shape of an egg

Research finally reveals ancient universal equation for the shape of an egg

Source: UKent   Posted: 11/3/21

Researchers have discovered the universal mathematical formula that can describe any bird’s egg existing in nature, a feat which has been unsuccessful until now.