Physicists Accidentally Found a New Way to Represent Pi
Mathematicians Aninda Sinha and Arnab Priya Saha from the Indian Institute of Science accidentally discovered a new way to represent the mathematical constant pi (π) while studying particle collisions in quantum field theory. Though pi’s value has not changed, their work provides an alternative series representation that expresses pi as a combination of components in […]
Supermassive black hole winds blowing at 36 million miles per hour can sculpt entire galaxies
Scientists have discovered supermassive black hole winds blowing at speeds up to 36 million miles per hour (58 million km/h). The winds were detected coming from the quasar SBS 1408+544, located 13 billion light years away. By observing the quasar over 8 years, the researchers noticed shifts in the spectrum of light being absorbed by […]
Ed Stone, who led NASA’s iconic Voyager project for 50 years, dies at 88
Ed Stone, a pioneering NASA scientist who served as the project scientist for the iconic Voyager missions from 1972 to 2022, passed away on June 9th at age 88. Stone led the Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft on their “Grand Tour” of the outer planets from 1977 to 1989, making many discoveries. The probes continued […]