Heisenberg Said Empty Space Isn’t Really Empty. A Magnetic Star May Have Finally Proven Him Right
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- Science Daily·2h agoScientists may have finally proved that “empty” space isn’t really empty
A magnetar’s colossal magnetic field may have revealed a quantum effect predicted by Werner Heisenberg nearly 90 years ago, in which seemingly empty space alters the behavior of light. If confirmed, the discovery could offer the first direct evidence of vacuum birefringence and…
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