Astronaut catches gigantic jet on camera
Left: Gigantic Jet Event from the International Space Station, taken by NASA Astronaut Nichole Ayers. (Credit: Ayers) Right:…
Astronomers spot the ‘Eye of Sauron’ in deep space
The “Eye of Sauron”: plasma jet in the blazar PKS 1424+240, threaded by a nearly perfect toroidal magnetic…
New 3D topological phase of matter exhibits anomalous symmetry at non-zero temperatures
Image depicting the phase transition that occurs in our model as a function of the temperature. The model…
On its fifth try, SpaceX manages launch of competitor Amazon’s satellites
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain SpaceX was not one of Amazon’s original choices to fly its Project Kuiper broadband…
Experimental device demonstrates how electron beams reconfigure plasma structure
Changes in MHD equilibrium before and after flux rope merging. Credit: Nature (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-025-09345-9 In a scientific…
Lucy spacecraft could visit an additional sub-km asteroid with a course correction
Artist’s conception of Lucy visiting the Patroclus-Menoetius system. Credit: NASA GSFC/Conceptual Image Lab/Adriana Gutierrez The Lucy spacecraft is…
Researchers discover all-new antifungal drug candidate in campus greenhouse
The fungal pathogen Candida albicans under attack by a new drug candidate discovered at McMaster University. The new…
Wave-like domain walls drive polarization switching in sliding ferroelectrics, study finds
Anomalous temperature dependence of polarization switching in sliding ferroelectrics, driven by superlubric domain wall motion. Unlike typical behavior,…
Slowly spinning dark matter halos may explain mysterious ‘little red dots’ in the early universe
Distant galaxies appear scattered across the night sky in this deep field image from the James Webb Space…
How we did it and why it’s historic
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A major breakthrough in quantum technology was achieved in October 2024: the first-ever quantum…
Quantum dot technique improves multi-photon state generation
The new approach uses a purely optical technique called stimulated two-photon excitation to generate streams of photons in…
Powerful form of quantum interference paves the way for phonon-based technologies
Rendering of a two-dimensional metal (middle layer) intercalated between a layer of graphene (top) and silicon carbide (bottom).…