rss
06-01-2017, 01:33 AM
Scientists created a 'black hole' using this ultra-powerful laser
http://i.amz.mshcdn.com/n6lDoRNh0FQ3Lzwi8wJQQZH5rQo=/575x323/filters:quality(90)/https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fcard%2Fima ge%2F493858%2Fe108db85-5bb7-4886-9cc0-c1a473639910.jpghttp://a.amz.mshcdn.com/assets/feed-tw-e71baf64f2ec58d01cd28f4e9ef6b2ce0370b42fbd965068e9 e7b58be198fb13.jpg (http://twitter.com/share?via=Mashable&text=Scientists+created+a+%27black+hole%27+using+t his+ultra-powerful+laser&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2017%2F05%2F31%2Fx-ray-laser-molecular-black-hole%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://a.amz.mshcdn.com/assets/feed-fb-8e3bd31e201ea65385a524ef67519d031e6851071807055648 790d6a4ca77139.jpg (http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2017%2F05 %2F31%2Fx-ray-laser-molecular-black-hole%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&src=sp)
U.S. scientists have created their own "black hole" using the world's most powerful X-ray laser.
Researchers in the past had used a lower-intensity beam on small molecules, which in turn stripped away electrons from the molecules' iodine atoms. But in a recent experiment, a team used a high-intensity beam instead — and the results came as a big surprise.
A single laser pulse stripped all but a few electrons in the molecule's biggest atom from the inside out. That created a void, which pulled in electrons from the rest of the molecule — akin to a black hole in space that devours neighboring stars, though on a teeny-tiny scale, according to a paper (https://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v546/n7656/full/nature22373.html) published on Wednesday in the journal Nature. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/05/31/x-ray-laser-molecular-black-hole/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
More about Science (http://mashable.com/science/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Black Hole (http://mashable.com/category/black-hole/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Black Holes (http://mashable.com/category/black-holes/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), X Ray (http://mashable.com/category/x-ray/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Department Of Energy (http://mashable.com/category/department-of-energy/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/ad?iu=/6692/mash.to/rss&pos=atf&tag=ad&mtype=standard&type=rss&sz=300x250&c=1496266659 (http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?iu=/6692/mash.to/rss&pos=atf&tag=ad&mtype=standard&type=rss&sz=300x250&c=1496266659)
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/hG77TSe_olU
http://i.amz.mshcdn.com/n6lDoRNh0FQ3Lzwi8wJQQZH5rQo=/575x323/filters:quality(90)/https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fcard%2Fima ge%2F493858%2Fe108db85-5bb7-4886-9cc0-c1a473639910.jpghttp://a.amz.mshcdn.com/assets/feed-tw-e71baf64f2ec58d01cd28f4e9ef6b2ce0370b42fbd965068e9 e7b58be198fb13.jpg (http://twitter.com/share?via=Mashable&text=Scientists+created+a+%27black+hole%27+using+t his+ultra-powerful+laser&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2017%2F05%2F31%2Fx-ray-laser-molecular-black-hole%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://a.amz.mshcdn.com/assets/feed-fb-8e3bd31e201ea65385a524ef67519d031e6851071807055648 790d6a4ca77139.jpg (http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2017%2F05 %2F31%2Fx-ray-laser-molecular-black-hole%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&src=sp)
U.S. scientists have created their own "black hole" using the world's most powerful X-ray laser.
Researchers in the past had used a lower-intensity beam on small molecules, which in turn stripped away electrons from the molecules' iodine atoms. But in a recent experiment, a team used a high-intensity beam instead — and the results came as a big surprise.
A single laser pulse stripped all but a few electrons in the molecule's biggest atom from the inside out. That created a void, which pulled in electrons from the rest of the molecule — akin to a black hole in space that devours neighboring stars, though on a teeny-tiny scale, according to a paper (https://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v546/n7656/full/nature22373.html) published on Wednesday in the journal Nature. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/05/31/x-ray-laser-molecular-black-hole/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
More about Science (http://mashable.com/science/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Black Hole (http://mashable.com/category/black-hole/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Black Holes (http://mashable.com/category/black-holes/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), X Ray (http://mashable.com/category/x-ray/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Department Of Energy (http://mashable.com/category/department-of-energy/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/ad?iu=/6692/mash.to/rss&pos=atf&tag=ad&mtype=standard&type=rss&sz=300x250&c=1496266659 (http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/jump?iu=/6692/mash.to/rss&pos=atf&tag=ad&mtype=standard&type=rss&sz=300x250&c=1496266659)
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/hG77TSe_olU