{
  "id": 3740807,
  "title": "Scientists may have finally caught “empty” space changing light",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/scientists-may-have-finally-caught-empty-space-changing-light",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-27T03:52:13.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "ScienceDaily",
    "slug": "sciencedaily",
    "url": "https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260826055445.htm"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A magnetar with an astonishingly powerful magnetic field may have revealed a quantum effect predicted by Werner Heisenberg nearly 90 years ago. Its light shows signs that supposedly empty space is altering how the light travels, potentially providing the first evidence of vacuum birefringence.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}