Physics and Astronomy News Archive: May 2016

Image: Three Potentially Habitable Worlds Found

Three Potentially Habitable Worlds Found

Source: ESO   Posted: 5/7/16

Astronomers have discovered three potentially habitable planets orbiting an ultracool dwarf star just 40 light-years from Earth.
Image: Planet Nine: A World That Shouldn't Exist

Planet Nine: A World That Shouldn't Exist

Source: Harvard   Posted: 5/6/16

Researchers examines a number of scenarios for Planet Nine existence and find that most of them have low probabilities.
Image: Little ANTs

Little ANTs

Source: Cambridge   Posted: 5/5/16

Researchers have built a nano-engine that could form the basis for future applications in nano-robotics, including robots small enough to enter living cells.
Image: Dark matter does not contain certain axion-like particles

Dark matter does not contain certain axion-like particles

Source: SU   Posted: 5/2/16

Researches are getting closer to corner light dark-matter particle models. Observations can rule out some axion-like particles in the quest for the content of dark matter.
Image: The Universe, where space - time becomes discrete

The Universe, where space - time becomes discrete

Source: Sissa   Posted: 5/1/16

It time continuous or discrete? Scientists propose a non-local union of relativity and quantum mechanics.