Dark matter and dark energy may only be a cosmic illusion
Scenic View of Galaxy in Space. Credit: pexels.com For decades, astronomers have believed that dark matter and dark…
What Lies Within? New Image From a Mysterious Galaxy Asks Big Questions
A new image of galaxy OJ 287 reveals for the first time the sharply curved, ribbon-like structure of…
Large moiré superstructure of stacked incommensurate charge density waves
Cao, Y. et al. Unconventional superconductivity in magic-angle graphene superlattices. Nature 556, 43–50 (2018). Article CAS PubMed Google…
Potential smoking gun signature of supermassive dark stars found in JWST data
This image taken by the James Webb Space Telescope highlights the region of study by the JWST Advanced…
Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Shows “Extreme Negative Polarization”. What Does That Mean?
A team of astronomers have presented the first polarimetric observations of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, finding that it has…
Key steps towards the realization of a high-precision optical clock based on Ni¹²⁺
Schematic of the components involved in the paper. Precise calculations allow to estimate the transition frequency with unprecedented…
Scientists may be closing in on dark matter’s true identity
Determining the nature of dark matter, the invisible substance that makes up most of the mass in our…
A Thermometer for Measuring Quantumness
If there’s one law of physics that seems easy to grasp, it’s the second law of thermodynamics: Heat…
Signal Hidden in a Gamma-Ray Burst Could Be a Strange Newborn’s First Heartbeat : ScienceAlert
Astronomers may have recorded the violent birth of one of the weirdest objects our Universe is capable of…
A Black Hole Merger’s “Kick” Was Measured For The First Time
Black hole mergers are some of the most violent events in the universe. Just how violent is becoming…
Absence of orbital current torque in Ta/ferromagnet bilayers
Liu, L. et al. Spin-torque switching with the giant spin Hall effect of tantalum. Science 336, 555 (2012).…
Tunable unconventional spin orbit torque magnetization dynamics in van der Waals heterostructures
We investigated TaIrTe4/Fe3GaTe2 vdW heterostructures (Fig. 1a)19 due to their promising properties, anticipating that their combination could yield contemporary…