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Welcome to WASP-76b: The exoplanet with metal rain and 2,400C temperatures WASP-76b is perhaps the most well-known of the ultra-hot worlds Ultra-hot worlds Discovered in 2016, WASP-76b is perhaps the most well-known of these ultra-hot worlds. At double the size of our own planet Jupiter, WASP-76b has day-side temperatures reaching a whopping 2,400 C, and takes less than two days to orbit its parent star. Its claim to fame, however, is a 2020 study suggesting thatliquid iron might literally be raining down from its skies....

Werner Vogels: “Everything fails all the time” Story byAnne Helmond Anne is a New Media PhD Candidate and Lecturer at the University of Amsterdam. She is an analyst-designer in the newly found Digital Methods(show all)Anne is a New Media PhD Candidate and Lecturer at the University of Amsterdam. She is an analyst-designer in the newly found Digital Methods Initiative of the University of Amsterdam. Anne is also a freelance photographer for various Dutch organizations and media....

Werner Vogels: “Everything fails all the time” Story byAnne Helmond Anne is a New Media PhD Candidate and Lecturer at the University of Amsterdam. She is an analyst-designer in the newly found Digital Methods(show all)Anne is a New Media PhD Candidate and Lecturer at the University of Amsterdam. She is an analyst-designer in the newly found Digital Methods Initiative of the University of Amsterdam. Anne is also a freelance photographer for various Dutch organizations and media....

We’ll never find dark matter… without quantum tech Without quantum tech, the search might take 10,000 years Searching for axions According to theory, axions should be wobbling through space and time at a particular frequency. The only problem is that theorists are unable to predict what that frequency might be. So, researchers are left to scan an enormous range of frequencies, one small band at a time. Like an old radio receiver converts radio waves into sound, axion detectors convert axion waves into electromagnetic signals....

We’ll never find dark matter… without quantum tech Without quantum tech, the search might take 10,000 years Searching for axions According to theory, axions should be wobbling through space and time at a particular frequency. The only problem is that theorists are unable to predict what that frequency might be. So, researchers are left to scan an enormous range of frequencies, one small band at a time. Like an old radio receiver converts radio waves into sound, axion detectors convert axion waves into electromagnetic signals....