X-ray-driven Hanbury Brown and Twiss spectroscopy
Crookes, W. Contributions to molecular physics in high vacua—magnetic deflection of molecular trajectory—laws of magnetic rotation in high…
Enhanced inverse Compton scattering via spontaneous focusing induced by a coated plasma mirror
Cole, J. M. et al. Experimental evidence of radiation reaction in the collision of a high-intensity laser pulse…
Potential Atmosphere Detected on Habitable-Zone Exoplanet LHS 1140b
Using spectral data from the Magellan Clay telescope at Las Campanas Observatory, astronomers detected helium escaping from LHS…
A supernova remnant may have been discovered in the Milky Way
ⓘ NASA – Unsplash An image showing the supernova SN 1993J. Thanks to the Chandra X-ray Observatory, astronomers…
Scientists Discover Hidden Behavior in Water That Helps Explain Why Ice Floats
Around 70% of Earth’s surface is covered in water, a uniquely anomalous substance that often behaves differently compared…
Doctors Struggle to Spot AI-Generated X-Rays, Raising Scam Risks
It brings me no joy to say this, but Patricia Highsmith’s mercurial grifting antihero in The Talented Mr.…
Lasing of a cavity-based X-ray source
Shortly after the free-electron laser (FEL) concept was proposed in the 1970s11, the first FEL oscillator was developed12…
Record-Breaking Cosmic Burst Caused by Stellar-Mass Black Hole Shredding Its Companion
Using data gathered by a suite of space- and ground-based telescopes, astronomers have discovered AT 2024wpp, the most…
Self-compressed waveform-stable light transients enabling water-window attosecond spectroscopy
We first demonstrate the creation and field-resolved characterization of light transients, focusing on generating sub-cycle pulses. For this…
Intermediate-Mass Black Hole Caught Eating Star in NGC 6099
The newly-discovered intermediate-mass black hole, named NGC 6099 HLX-1, resides in a compact star cluster on the outskirts…
Physicists Blow Up Gold With Giant Lasers, Accidentally Disprove Renowned Physics Model
Scientists equipped with giant lasers have blown up gold at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, heating it to 14…