The JWST Might Have Found the First Direct-Collapse Black Hole
Astrophysicists don’t know if direct-collapse black holes are real. They were hypothesized to explain how the Universe could…
How sperm manage to defy a major law of physics
Tiny organisms live in a world where the usual rules of motion feel upside-down. Water that slips through…
Mesmerizing Fluid “Fireworks” Reveal Clues for Trapping Carbon Underground
Fingering layers are produced by alternative injection of two fluids, i.e., a more viscous dark fluid and a…
Long axial range 3D single-particle tracking using birefringent substrates
Birefringent characteristics of mica substrates The critical factor for the performance of the feedback-free (i.e., scan-free) single-particle 3D…
Cooling rate triggers phase transitions in silicon surfaces
Silicon atoms on a silicon surface organize in pairs that can assume two different positions like a seesaw.…
First Direct Images of ‘Cosmic Web’ That May Weave Entire Universe
This image is a simulation based on groundbreaking new images captured by an international team of astronomers. The…
Physicists Discover Unconventional Quantum Echo in Niobium Superconductors
Physicists from Ames National Laboratory and Iowa State University have demonstrated the emergence of a Higgs echo in…
LUX-ZEPLIN experiment sets more stringent constraints on cosmic ray-boosted dark matter
The LZ central detector in the clean room at Sanford Lab after assembly, before beginning its journey underground.…
Unusual plasma waves detected above Jupiter’s north pole may finally have explanation
Top: Amplitude of the electric field fluctuations during a Juno pass over the Jupiter’s north pole. The white…
Could our galaxy be inside a giant hole? This bold theory might solve one of the universe’s biggest mysteries
Astronomers at the University of Portsmouth have a bold idea: what if Earth sits inside a massive cosmic…
How do water rings ‘bounce?’ New discovery answers decades-old question
A vortex ring of water traveling in a tank gets reflected off a water-air interface. Credit: John Zhuang…
Genuine quantum scars in many-body spin systems
Model, classical dynamics, and UPOs — Consider a chain of N spin s particles subject to a magnetic…