What actually is fire? A physicist explains
Fire is an ancient technology that has helped shape human evolution. Our ancestors used fire for safety, cooking…
Astronomers stunned by massive gamma-ray burst that lasted for hours instead of minutes
When gamma-ray bursts were first discovered by the military, their declassified origin left astrophysicists puzzled. They couldn’t explain…
Why Supermassive Black Holes Turn Down Feasts
Black holes are often referred to as cosmic vacuum cleaners, indiscriminately swallowing everything that strays too close. The…
Hidden quantum spin liquid behavior confirmed in a new kagome crystal
Deep inside some magnetic materials, electrons can behave in ways that seem to defy common sense. Instead of…
Dark energy could lead to a ‘Big Crunch’ end for our universe: Study
For nearly three decades, the scientific world has operated under an assumption: the universe is flying apart faster…
A Black Hole Ejects Matter at Highest Speed Ever Observed.
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Three Black Holes. One Epic Cosmic Collision Just Lit up the Sky
A team of astronomers has confirmed the first known system where three galaxies are merging, and all three…
Large Hadron Collider finally explains how fragile matter forms
Scientists have now clarified how deuterons form under extreme conditions. Protons and neutrons needed to create these tiny…
A 50-Year Assumption About Black Holes May Have Just Been Broken
An international team of astronomers has uncovered subtle but significant signs that the cosmic engines powering quasars, some…
Who was Amelia Frank? The life of a forgotten physicist
In 1977, an American physicist named John H. Van Vleck won the Nobel prize for his work on…
A Twist Between Hidden Dimensions May Explain Mass : ScienceAlert
The masses of fundamental particles such as the Z and W bosons could have arisen from the twisted…
This galaxy simulation can fit so many stars and gas particles in it
Title: The First Star-by-star N-body/Hydrodynamics Simulation of Our Galaxy Coupling with a Surrogate Model Authors: Keiya Hirashima, Michiko…