Scientists may have finally proved that “empty” space isn’t really empty
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“Observations of a magnetar's intense magnetic field may have provided the first direct evidence of vacuum birefringence, a quantum effect predicted 90 years ago. The findings suggest that light behaves differently in a vacuum, challenging the idea that empty space is truly void.”
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