JWST uncovers hidden black holes devouring stars in dusty galaxies
Astronomers at MIT, Columbia University, and elsewhere have used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to peer through the…
Why Did The Universe Begin?
Most cosmologists agree that our universe had a beginning. But the finer details about the Big Bang remain…
Missing 40 Percent Of Matter In The Universe Finally Discovered: “The Simulations Were Right All Along”
The regular matter that makes us, planets, stars, and galaxies is about 5 percent of the matter-energy content…
Researchers Successfully Teleport Light-Based Information
The idea of a quantum internet has long been a subject of fascination and speculation. Its promise of…
Astronomers calculate that the universe will die in 33 billion years — much sooner than we thought
Tantalizing evidence hints that dark energy might be evolving, leading some cosmologists to suggest that our universe will…
Why Our Galaxy Is Moving Toward an Unseen Force in the Universe
Astronomers have long been puzzled by the forces that govern the movement of galaxies across vast stretches of…
Physicists discover that time may be an illusion born from quantum entanglement
Physicists are rethinking time itself. Long treated as a basic part of the universe, time may instead be…
Supernova’s ‘trapped’ jet reveals source of fast X-ray transient
Marked with an orange arrow, the blue dot is the the fast X-ray transient EP 250108a, and the…
Gold survives 19,000 kelvins without melting, breaks physics limits
In a landmark experiment, scientists have directly measured the temperature of atoms in “warm dense matter” for the…
Brightest gamma-ray burst hints at hidden layers in cosmic jet formation
LST-1, the Large-Sized Telescope prototype at CTAO-North in La Palma, Spain. Credit: Tomohiro Inada The international CTAO LST…
Optical frequency comb integration transforms absolute distance measurement precision
Schematic of the absolute distance measurement system based on the optical frequency comb interferometry developed by KRISS. Credit:…
Physicists Blast Gold to Astonishing Temperatures, Overturning 40 Years of Physics
Gold usually melts at 1,300 kelvins—a temperature hotter than fresh lava from a volcano. But scientists recently shot…