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#OTD in 1934, Carl Sagan was born. He chaired the committee that chose the contents of the Voyager Golden Record and had the original idea to use a Voyager camera to image Earth, which led to the Pale Blue Dot.

Via @NASA: https://t.co/JECNhg2Cg8

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#OTD in 1895, Wilhelm Röntgen noticed that when he shielded his tube with heavy black cardboard, a screen nine feet away still glowed. He called the unknown rays "X-rays."

Read more from @NobelPrize: https://t.co/s1cqPpq17k

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Marie Curie (1867), Lise Meitner (1878), and C.V. Raman (1888) were all born on Nov. 7.

Read about Meitner and Otto Frisch's 1939 paper on nuclear fission in APS News: https://t.co/Uo2HrTbp5e

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The Southern Taurids peaked around Nov. 5, and the Northern Taurids peak around Nov. 12. Each produces only a handful of meteors per hour, but NASA says an occasional bright fireball can make the wait worthwhile.

NASA's November sky guide: https://t.co/BLL9kGCQw8

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By studying a real fish swimming among virtual fish, researchers uncover the rules that a fish follows when schooling. The results suggest that schooling fish focus on a single influential neighbor.

Read the story in Physics Magazine: https://t.co/2f8BgkApU3

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Your physics journey is bigger with the right community behind you. Connect with physicists, share your research and discover new opportunities with APS. https://t.co/yeBBKgY5oa

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Black holes can merge, but can they split? A study in Physical Review D explores when a black hole could break apart into a "pair of pants" shape, and when it can't.

Read the study: https://t.co/aVzGIH99Co

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Two particles, levitated by sound, collide again and again. A study in Physical Review E tracks how electric charge builds up between them, a process called triboelectric charging.

Read the study: https://t.co/KNX7pJ9OoK

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#APSSummit27 kicks off with 18 pre-conference workshops, short courses, and tutorials on Sunday, April 11. Data science and AI, advocacy, and more. Attend just the Sunday events or register for the full conference: https://t.co/3kERDv0ldS

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Researchers detected the kick from a single gas molecule hitting a laser-levitated nanosphere more than 10 million times its size, a study in Physical Review Letters reports.

Read the study: https://t.co/mAWjphfVoU

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Latest science policy news from FYI in APS News: NSF ends FY2026 with more than $1 billion unspent, DHS proposes new fees for the OPT international student work program, and the White House announces $6 billion in science initiatives. https://t.co/JDPaIhAQpN

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Physicists from every field connect at the APS Global Physics Summit ✨

Abstracts for #APSSummit27 are due today, by 5 p.m. ET. Don't miss this chance to share your research.

https://t.co/k6BgjG0IS3

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Why is the sun's corona millions of degrees hotter than its surface? A study in Physical Review Letters used powerful lasers to recreate solar nanoflares in the lab and watch them heat plasma.

Read the study: https://t.co/rSBNHJ1Ts4

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Do galaxy clusters spin? A study in Physical Review Letters finds evidence that they do, from a faint warm-and-cool pattern their rotating gas leaves in the universe’s oldest light.

Read the study: https://t.co/TojEqVUFs9

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When the dense helium cores of two red giants collide, the merger could produce high-energy neutrinos, finds a study in Physical Review D. IceCube could expect about one such neutrino from a single merger up to 180,000 light years away.

Read the study: https://t.co/obsr6czDzG

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All physics disciplines connect at #APSSummit27. 🌟 Let your research shine bright on the largest APS stage. Abstracts are due Oct. 22, submit today. https://t.co/k6BgjG0IS3

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A study in Physical Review D re-analyzes different mechanisms for primordial black hole formation under the dark dimension scenario and finds that, if these cosmic objects exist, they would be five dimensional.

Read the study: https://t.co/GfAfmoWtjq

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Congratulations again to Francis Halzen, winner of the 2026 @NobelPrize in Physics. Physical Review Letters published two key IceCube Collaboration studies behind this prize.

Swipe through 15 years of #NobelPrize-winning research that appeared in PRL.

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Know an early-career researcher whose astronomy or astrophysics paper stands out?

Nominate them by Nov. 15 for the Emerging Astrophysicist Award. The recipient gets $2,000 and support to attend and a speaking opportunity at #APSSummit27. Learn more: https://t.co/31pfl7tOMg

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Winning a @NobelPrize comes with some serious bragging rights — and a $1 million prize. We asked #APSSummit26 attendees what they’d do with it. Drop your answers below.

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