Is the Earliest Supermassive Black Hole Mystery Solved?
One of the most intriguing puzzles in cosmology is the existence of supermassive black holes that seem to…
The Universe May Collapse Far Sooner Than Expected, New Study Suggests
A new cosmological study published in arXiv suggests the universe may have a dramatically shorter lifespan than previously…
Trapped particle inside an atom may reveal clues about mass
Scientists have detected a tiny particle becoming caught inside the core of an atom. The finding points to…
The Last Dance of a Dying Star
Our Sun is a patient rotator. Over its lifetime it has shed angular momentum steadily, swept away on…
Low-noise microwaves from free-running frequency combs and electrical feed-forward phase noise compensation
Krieger, G. & Younis, M. Impact of oscillator noise in bistatic and multistatic SAR. IEEE Geosci. Remote Sens.…
Study Proposes DNA Might Measure Cosmic Time Through Quantum Mechanics
Insider Brief A new study explores the idea that DNA can sense faint electromagnetic signals from space and…
The Physics World 2026 Particle and Nuclear Briefing is out now – Physics World
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Breakthrough in experimental light-powered quantum computers could mean scaling them up is now far more viable
Researchers have demonstrated a breakthrough method for preventing errors in light-powered quantum computers before they even occur. The…
The Universe Is Expanding Too Fast and Scientists Can’t Explain Why
Artist’s interpretation of the cosmic distance ladder — a succession of overlapping methods used to measure distances across…
A one-in-a-million supernova seen five times could reveal the Universe’s true speed
Scientists have known for nearly a century that the universe is expanding, but the exact rate of that…
Scientists Experimenting With Quantum Effect That Some Fear Could Cause Chain Reaction That Ends Entire Universe
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Dark matter in the Bullet Cluster celebrates 20 years
20 years ago, the story of our Universe took an unexpected turn, when dark matter’s existence was confirmed…