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Press enter or click to view image in full size(Credit: Wikimedia) The biggest unresolved question about the interstellar…
Herwig Schopper obituary | Particle physics
The German physicist Herwig Schopper, who has died aged 101, was director general of Cern, the European Organisation…
Why the Moon is brighter than the Sun (in gamma-rays)
Sign up for the Starts With a Bang newsletter Travel the universe with Dr. Ethan Siegel as he…
Penn physicist Charles Kane to receive the 2025 Lorentz Medal
Charles Kane, Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Physics at Penn’s School of Arts & Sciences. (Image: Brooke…
Transient domain boundary drives ultrafast magnetisation reversal
Time-resolved magnetic soft-X-ray spectroscopy We investigate a typical nanometre-scale heterostructure consisting of an amorphous ferrimagnetic Gd25Co75 alloy with…
Quantum Computers Mimic Black Holes To Probe Cosmic Secrets
A close-up of the trapped-ion quantum computer used to simulate quantum-information scrambling circuits. Credit: Quantinuum The difference between…
Ring laser tracks Earth’s axial wobble 100 times more accurately
Scientists in Germany have used a highly sensitive underground ring laser to track Earth’s axial wobble without relying…
Study: Dark matter doesn’t exist, the universe is 27 billion years old
The universe feels simple at first glance: stars, gas, dust, and the gravity that binds it all. Then…
Dark matter could be turning giant planets into black holes
More than 5,000 planets have been discovered beyond our solar system, allowing scientists to explore planetary evolution and…
Humans could finally have found a way to defy Earth’s gravity
Gravity is a key component to human life on Earth – but can this powerful force be defied?…