A group of theoretical physicists led by controversial Oxford University mathematical physicist Roger Penrose has offered new evidence that there may have been older universes that came before our own, by finding the ghosts of black holes that existed in those ancient universes.
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Physicists with MIT and the University of Vienna have conducted an experiment that pretty much proves that the phenomenon of quantum entanglement is real, and not the effect of a "loophole" that could be explained by classical physics. The experiments that were used in closing this loophole involved a combination of Earth-bound telescopes, 30,000 entangled pairs of entangled photons, and starlight nearly as old as the universe itself.
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Researchers working with the European Space Agency’s Mars Express spacecraft have found strong evidence for a sub-glacial lake of liquid water under Mars’ southern polar ice cap.read more
On July 27, the heavens will grace us with two rare astronomical events: not only will we see the longest lunar eclipse of the 21st Century, but also Mars will reach opposition with the Sun, followed four days later by the Red Planet’s closest approach to Earth since 2003.
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