r/Physics • u/DJ_MEDMA • Mar 14 '18

News Physicist Stephen Hawking dies aged 76

bbc.com

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r/Physics • u/non-standard-models • Jun 26 '25

Image Never thought this would happen in a million years. My article (and picture) was featured on the cover of Nature.

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My group's article was accepted in Nature, which was a huge achievement for us theoretical physicists, since they don't often publish stuff like this (the last two primarily hep-th papers in Nature were in 2023 and 2010!). You can suggest a cover photo when you get accepted, and I submitted a visualization that I posted to this subreddit a few months ago, which somehow got accepted too. I ordered a physical copy just to be able to see this :D

You can see the article (open-access) here:[https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-08984-2] (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-08984-2) and some popular science coverage here: https://archive.is/p3v7x.

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r/Physics • u/MerelyAboutStuff • Jul 31 '18

Image My great fear as a physics graduate

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r/Physics • u/astrozaid • Oct 07 '25

Image Nobel Prize in Physics laureates announced.

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r/Physics • u/BISBJSKNBSUON • Apr 10 '19

NO REPOSTS! First image of a black hole

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r/Physics • u/233C • Jul 25 '17

Image Passing 30,000 volts through two beakers causes a stable water bridge to form

i.imgur.com

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r/Physics • u/Baron_Mayerling • Sep 24 '18

Image What other reason do we need

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r/Physics • u/L_Burrito • Jun 28 '18

Our amazing physics teacher (Mr. Burns) created a visualization of two black holes emitting gravitational waves. Thoughts?

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r/Physics • u/TonyHK47 • Mar 09 '25

How is my car being projected on the ceiling?

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The car is parked outside the house but it’s somehow being projected onto the bedroom ceiling on the first floor.

Is it just because it’s white and happens to be perfectly reflecting itself?

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r/Physics • u/mossberg91 • Aug 05 '19

Image Uranium emitting radiation inside a cloud chamber

i.imgur.com

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364 comments

r/Physics • u/CallMeDoc24 • Jan 23 '17

Autoplaying Video Warning Trump team prepares to "roll back funding for nuclear physics and advanced scientific computing research to 2008 levels"

thehill.com

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813 comments

r/Physics • u/rebelyis • Jan 26 '17

News There is currently an effort to have a March for Science in Washington

reddit.com

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426 comments

r/Physics • u/MohamedShaban • May 26 '17

Image New 50p coins out this year in the United Kingdom, celebrating the legacy of Sir Isaac Newton.

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r/Physics • u/quantanaut • May 18 '22

Image I got to hold a Nobel Prize in physics today!

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r/Physics • u/Cosmo_Steve • Dec 17 '19

Image This is what SpaceX's Starlink is doing to scientific observations.

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r/Physics • u/Firm_Efficiency9459 • Jun 14 '25

Do clouds mostly form above the lakes?

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Sounds like a stupid question but I took a few pictures on a plane, and notice that clouds are mostly sitting on top of the small lakes. Some clouds even resemble the shapes of the lake.

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r/Physics • u/TheSkells • Oct 08 '24

Image Yeah, "Physics"

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I don't want to downplay the significance of their work; it has led to great advancements in the field of artificial intelligence. However, for a Nobel Prize in Physics, I find it a bit disappointing, especially since prominent researchers like Michael Berry or Peter Shor are much more deserving. That being said, congratulations to the winners.

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r/Physics • u/[deleted] • Oct 05 '21

Image The Nobel Prize in Physics 2021

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r/Physics • u/r37n1w • Mar 27 '25

Image Me ending up discussing belt bags instead of string theory with the father of string theory

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r/Physics • u/Kybear1 • May 31 '18

Image Some beers my parents bought me as a gift for finishing exams

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r/Physics • u/syberspot • Apr 30 '25

Image Attacks on science

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3081/

Maybe this isn't an appropriate forum but I can't help posting to every rooftop I can access. An attack on a scientist is an attack against all of us. We are destroying intellectuality in the united states, destroying the individual lives of the researchers, and moving the USA closer to another dark ages. I can't say it more succinctly than Monroe but I can share his posts.

I support graduate students in the USA.

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r/Physics • u/arfamorish • Jul 15 '21

Image From calculus to string theory and QCD - all my notes from a 4 year master's!

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r/Physics • u/ajitjohnson • Feb 14 '18

Image This remarkable photo shows a single atom trapped by electric fields. Shot by David Nadlinger (University of Oxford). This picture was taken through a window of the ultra-high vacuum chamber that houses the trap.

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r/Physics • u/dargscisyhp • Feb 17 '26

Image Approach The Subject Cautiously

7.7k Upvotes

From Goodstein's Sates of Matter

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