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See the latest physics news and expert analysis on dark matter, the multiverse, theoretical and particle physics, quantum theory, and more from the world of physics.

Proxima b

Physics

Our closest star system may be home to a stolen star and planet

Proxima b, the nearest exoplanet to Earth, may have been captured along with its star instead of born in the dangerous three-star system where it now lives

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gravity

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Gravity may be created by strange flashes in the quantum realm

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The spiral galaxy NGC 2403, containing the star known as 1954J

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Mysterious flashing star seems destined for an explosive end

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Artwork of X-rays passing through solid

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Ultrafast lasers catch electrons relaxing after brief excitement

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Earth

Mysterious lights in the sky seen after Mexico鈥檚 huge earthquake

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Cassini to live-stream its final moments in Saturn鈥檚 atmosphere

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Commuters wait at NYC subway platform

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If NYC subways obeyed quantum maths trains wouldn鈥檛 be delayed

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Ice

Earth

Gel-like ice is the lightest form of water ever discovered

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The greater mouse-eared bat has a habit of bumping into windows

Environment

Bats crash into windows because of a glitch with their ‘sonar’

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Physics

Baffling ABC maths proof now has impenetrable 300-page 鈥榮ummary鈥�

Mathematicians have struggled to understand a 500-page-long proof of the ABC conjecture for half a decade. A new explainer might be able to shed some light

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Environment

Jupiter鈥檚 powerful aurora is surprisingly different from Earth鈥檚

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Physics

This qubit redesign may make it easier to make quantum computers

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Physics

What if the diminutive electron isn鈥檛 as small as it gets?

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Mind

Why am I rubbish at maths? And other curious questions answered

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