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…
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…
An invention is transforming the way scientists track genes
Professor Yunde Zhao dissects a RUBY flower of a thale cress (right, Arabidopsis thaliana), a small plant in…
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…
Collective Bloch oscillations observed in 1D Bose gas system
Motion of magnetic soliton in an atomic ring and creation of superfluid currents. Credit: G. Brochier. Bloch oscillations…
Research traces 50,000 years of change
Lost forever: The thylacine was among 17 large mammal species found in one Australian cave site, representing ecosystems…
Long-term radio observations track the evolution of a tidal disruption event
2.25, 5.5, 9, and 15.5 GHz light curve of AT2019azh. Credit: arXiv (2025). DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2509.17525 Astronomers from Curtin…
Microlightning might provide long-sought explanation for will-o’-the-wisps
Microlightning between bubbles containing air and methane. Credit: Yu Xia For centuries, people have described strange blue balls…