Quantum spin study reveals a previously unknown state of matter
At temperatures approaching absolute zero, most magnetic materials settle into tidy patterns. Their tiny magnetic moments, or spins,…
Gravitational waves finally reveal what’s inside neutron stars
Some of the universe’s densest objects can twist, stretch, and resonate in ways that challenge even the most…
Dark matter and neutrinos are linked and interact with each other
A quiet shift in the numbers behind the universe’s growth is pushing scientists toward a bold possibility. Two…
New study uncovers the formative conditions that made Io dry and Europa watery
A moon can sit next door to another and still feel like a different world. Around Jupiter, that…
Event Horizon Telescope captures magnetic turbulence flickering at the edge of black hole M87*
For a few brief nights each year, you get a rare chance to watch a monster blink. The…
New unified theory connects two fundamental domains of modern quantum physics
By bringing the long-standing and opposing views of quantum mechanics together to form a single cohesive theory, a…
JWST found a ‘dead’ galaxy that quit making stars billions of years ago
Three billion years after the Big Bang, a massive galaxy already looked like it had run out of…
How ants gave up armor to build some of the largest societies on Earth
The classic thought experiment about a horse-sized duck and a hundred duck-sized horses is more than a joke.…
JWST observations reveal massive helium clouds escaping from exoplanet WASP-107 b
Astronomers from the University of Geneva, working with colleagues in Canada and the United States, have captured the…
67 million-year-old fossil reveals the origin of freshwater fish hearing
A tiny fossil fish from Alberta is forcing scientists to rethink a story that has sat quietly in…
Fusion reactors may be the key to uncovering dark matter particles
Nuclear fusion is often framed as a future source of clean energy. A new theoretical study is looking…
Astronomers discover spacetime drag around a supermassive black hole — as predicted by Einstein
A star’s fatal brush with a supermassive black hole can light up a quiet galaxy. When gravity shreds…