/tags/physics physics en-US WLRN Tue, 05 Oct 2021 13:45:28 GMT /2021-10-05/the-nobel-prize-in-physics-honors-work-on-climate-change-and-complex-systems The Nobel Prize in physics was awarded for work on disorder, fluctuations and the ability to predict a changing climate. Tue, 05 Oct 2021 13:45:28 GMT /2021-10-05/the-nobel-prize-in-physics-honors-work-on-climate-change-and-complex-systems Geoff Brumfiel /2019-04-10/earth-sees-first-image-of-a-black-hole Every image you've ever seen of a black hole has been a simulation. Until now. "We have seen what we thought was unseeable," said Event Horizon Telescope Director Shep Doeleman. Wed, 10 Apr 2019 12:56:28 GMT /2019-04-10/earth-sees-first-image-of-a-black-hole Bill Chappell /2018-10-02/scientists-from-u-s-canada-france-split-nobel-prize-in-physics-for-laser-work The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences says American Arthur Ashkin has won half the prize, while Gérard Mourou of France and Donna Strickland of Canada, the third female winner ever, share the rest. Tue, 02 Oct 2018 10:08:48 GMT /2018-10-02/scientists-from-u-s-canada-france-split-nobel-prize-in-physics-for-laser-work Emily Sullivan /2018-03-13/stephen-hawking-who-awed-both-scientists-and-the-public-dies Hawking was a theoretical physicist who changed how scientists think about gravity. He also wrote the best-selling book A Brief History of Timeand lent his machine-aided voice to TV shows. He was 76. Wed, 14 Mar 2018 03:59:00 GMT /2018-03-13/stephen-hawking-who-awed-both-scientists-and-the-public-dies Joe Palca /2017-12-20/watch-what-happens-when-2-neutron-stars-collide Turns out that Einstein was right about what happens when neutron stars collide. An international team of astronomers has confirmed his theory for the first time. Wed, 20 Dec 2017 20:01:00 GMT /2017-12-20/watch-what-happens-when-2-neutron-stars-collide Joe Palca /2017-05-02/microscopic-cars-square-off-in-big-race This car race involved years of training, feats of engineering, high-profile sponsorships, competitors from around the world and a racetrack made of gold. And it's invisible to the naked eye. Tue, 02 May 2017 22:13:00 GMT /2017-05-02/microscopic-cars-square-off-in-big-race Merrit Kennedy /2017-01-18/modern-cosmology-turns-100 The expansion of the universe was sealed as fact in 1965, but the seeds for this revolutionary take on the cosmos and our place in it were planted in 1917 by a daring Einstein, says Marcelo Gleiser. Wed, 18 Jan 2017 11:30:00 GMT /2017-01-18/modern-cosmology-turns-100 Marcelo Gleiser