Physics and Astronomy News Archive: May 2019

Image: First Ever Double-Slit Experiment Performed with Antimatter

First Ever Double-Slit Experiment Performed with Antimatter
Source: Science Alert Posted: 5/12/19
For the first time, scientists have performed an iconic physics double-slit experiment with a positron - the antimatter counterpart of an electron.

Image: Researchers find water in samples from asteroid Itokawa

Researchers find water in samples from asteroid Itokawa
Source: ASU Posted: 5/3/19
The first-ever measurements of water found in samples from asteroid Itokawa collected by the Japanese space probe Hayabusa.

'The true spirit of delight, the exaltation, the sense of being more than Man, which is the touchstone of the highest excellence, is to be found in mathematics as surely as in poetry.'

Bertrand Russell
(1872-1970)