When it is free in cold space, a molecule will spontaneously cool down by slowing its rotation and losing rotational energy in quantum transitions. Physicists have shown that this rotational cooling ...
Advances in joint experimental and theoretical tools have allowed scattering experiments to probe molecular interactions during collisions, revealing reaction mechanisms, dynamics and the structures ...
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NASA’s Lucy flyby shows asteroid Donaldjohanson is a wobbling, peanut-shaped relic of an ancient collision
On April 20, 2025, NASA’s Lucy spacecraft swept within roughly 600 miles of asteroid (52246) Donaldjohanson and returned ...
One of the most important parameters in a collision is the ‘miss distance’ or impact parameter, which in quantum mechanics is described by quantized partial waves. Usually, the collision outcome is ...
What happens when a molecule collides with a surface? Researchers at Swansea University have shown that the orientation of the molecule as it moves - whether it is spinning like a helicopter blade or ...
A massive galaxy that appeared less than two billion years after the Big Bang does not rotate on itself. This specimen, named XMM-VID1-2075, contradicts all astronomers' expectations. According to ...
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