Scientists are ready to create matter entirely from light, using already available technology to complete a quest 80 years in the making. In Imperial’s Blackett Physics Laboratory, three physicists worked out a relatively simple way to physically prove a theory first devised by scientists Breit and Wheeler in 1934. They planned to recreate the most vital 100 seconds of the universe … [Read more...]
Gravitational lens Gamma-ray study made by NASA’s Fermi
First ever gamma ray measurements of a gravitational lens were made by an international team of astronomers using NASA's Fermi observatory. This paved away a new path for future research, including a novel way to probe emission regions near supermassive black holes. The probability of finding more gravitational lenses also increases now. A gravitational lens refers to a distribution of plates … [Read more...]