Scientific American on Instagram: "This year’s Nobel Prize in Physics went to three people who helped discover that a quantum physics principle works on real world scales. Their findings helped form the basis of digital technology, including supercomputers and smartphones. Read more about the award-winning research at the link in our bio. 🎤🎞️✏️ Carin Leong 📝Lee Billings 📸 Johan Jarnestad/The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Getty Images, UC Berkeley, Yale Engineering, Rocco Ceselin for Nat

Quantum Explained on Instagram: "How Fast Can a Black Hole Move? Faster Than Light? Description: Black holes are some of the most mysterious and powerful objects in the universe. But do they actually move, and if so, how fast? According to physics, nothing can travel faster than light (299,792,458 m/s). Yet black holes possess such intense gravity that not even light can escape their pull — making them appear completely dark. Some black holes can drift across galaxies at thousands of kilometers

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