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Stranger things: Aussie helps crack cosmic cold case
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Australian astronomers have potentially confirmed a 1936 theory by Werner Heisenberg regarding vacuum birefringence using data from a magnetar. The discovery suggests that empty space can polarize light, opening new possibilities for understanding quantum physics.
Marcus Lower helped analyse a rare neuron star, called a magnetar, as part of his research. (PR IMAGE PHOTO) Nobel Prize winner Werner Heisenberg once wrote: "Not only is the universe stranger than we think, it is stranger than we can think."
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