Could dark energy change over time? Supercomputer simulations challenge ΛCDM assumption
Dark energy is responsible for the expansion of the Universe, but its true nature is still a subject…
Most powerful ‘odd radio circle’ to date discovered
A still image from the animation of RAD J131346.9+500320. Credit: RAD@home Astronomy Collaboratory (India) The most distant and…
Antarctic Sea ice emerges as key predictor of accelerated ocean warming
Left: a strong relationship was found between historical Antarctic sea ice extent and future global ocean heat uptake…
Laser pulses in graphene control electrons with lightning speed and nanometer precision
Ground-state properties of System 2. Credit: Physical Review Research (2025). DOI: 10.1103/dtk9-xv6n A research team in Kiel has…
Extreme pressure pushes honeycomb crystal toward quantum spin liquid, hinting at new qubit designs
Topologically protected quantum spin liquid under extreme pressure in diamond anvil cell. Honeycomb structure shown with frustrated and…
Spontaneous emission behaves contrary to predictions in photonic time crystals
Spontaneous emission decay rate (left) and spontaneous emission excitation rate (right) when a quantum emitter (or atom) is…
Parallel atom-photon entanglement paves way for future quantum networking
The researchers’ vision for parallelized networking with atom array processors using fiber, detector and BS arrays. Credit: The…
Dark matter detector succeeds in performing measurements with nearly no radioactive interference
The distillation plant ‘made in Münster’ for the dark matter experiment ‘XENONnT’ at the Gran Sasso underground laboratory…
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…
The ancestors of ostriches and emus were long-distance fliers. Here’s how we worked this out
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Aside from being a delight to watch, flight in birds is regarded by many…
Data from dark-energy observatories indicate universe may ‘end in a big crunch’ at 33 billion years old
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The universe is approaching the midpoint of its 33-billion-year lifespan, a Cornell physicist calculates…
Antarctic sea ice hits its third-lowest winter peak on record
Ice floating on the surface of the sea in the western Antarctic peninsula in 2016. Antarctica’s winter sea…