NASA’s IXPE May Have Proven 90-Year-Old Theory
Confirmation of the theory could significantly refine understanding of quantum mechanics and the behavior of light in extreme environments.
A first of its kind measurement of a magnetar may have captured empty space behaving in a way physicists have predicted for 90 years, but never directly observed. The results published Wednesday in Nature. Fast facts Scientists using NASA’s IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer) conducted more than 140 hours of observations of the magnetar 1E […]
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