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The shape of light: Scientists reveal image of an individual photon for 1st time ever
Using a groundbreaking new technique, researchers have unveiled the first detailed image of a photon — a single particle of light — ever taken.
Is light a particle or a wave?
Does light behave more like a particle, or like a wave? Today we know the surprising answer. Here's why it took so long to get there.
'Gravity waves' from Hurricane Helene seen rippling through the sky in new NASA images
Hurricane Helene sent gravity waves rippling through the atmosphere far above the southeastern United States, new NASA images reveal.
What is the Fibonacci sequence?
Almost everything you know about the famous Fibonacci sequence is wrong.
'Hawking radiation' may be erasing black holes. Watching it happen could reveal new physics.
Primordial black holes may be exploding throughout the universe. If we can catch them in the act, it could pave the way to new physics, a study suggests.
High school students who came up with 'impossible' proof of Pythagorean theorem discover 9 more solutions to the problem
In a new peer-reviewed study, Ne'Kiya Jackson and Calcea Johnson outlined 10 ways to solve the Pythagorean theorem using trigonometry, including a proof they discovered in high school.
Keeping time: The history, origin and meanings of B.C. and A.D.
The use of "anno domini" and "before Christ" to mark time began in the early days of Christianity, when clerics needed to know when Easter would fall.
What is the largest known prime number?
There are infinitely many prime numbers, but the biggest one we know of goes by the name M82589933 and contains more than 24 million digits.
