⚫️ First observation of an intermediate-mass black hole in action?
An unusual luminous flash caught the attention of astronomers in July 2025. During this event, an X-ray source…
A universal scheme to self-test any quantum state or measurement
Bell, J. S. On the Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen paradox. Phys. Phys. Fiz. 1, 195 (1964). MathSciNet Google Scholar Bell, J.…
A flash of laser light flips a magnet in major light-control breakthrough
Researchers at the University of Basel and ETH Zurich have demonstrated a way to reverse the polarity of…
Isaac Newton, scientist: “A man can imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that are true”
Isaac Newton, born Dec. 25, 1642, in Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire, England, is widely regarded as one of history’s most…
A study in stardust: Massive binary stars emit tiny carbon particles
For the study, Wu and his coauthors looked at data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and…
A Mysterious Galaxy Dominated by 99% Dark Matter Has Just Been Found
Astronomers have unveiled an extraordinary find: a ghostly galaxy almost entirely composed of dark matter. Located 300 million…
Physicists discover long-predicted ‘clock magnetism’ in an atomically thin crystal
image: When researchers at UT Austin coaxed an atomically thin sheet of nickel phosphorus trisulfide to enter a…
‘An entirely new tool for cosmology’: The gravitational wave background could mend our broken understanding of the universe
Physicists may have a brand-new way to measure the expansion rate of the universe — one of the…
Ancient reversal of Earth’s magnetic field took an extraordinarily long time – Physics World
Ancient reversal of Earth’s magnetic field took an extraordinarily long time – Physics World Skip to main content…
Universal work extraction in quantum thermodynamics
Preliminaries We consider a quantum system in contact with a thermal bath of inverse temperature β associated with…
UK physics leaders express ‘deep concern’ over funding cuts in letter to science minister Patrick Vallance – Physics World
UK physics leaders express ‘deep concern’ over funding cuts in letter to science minister Patrick Vallance – Physics…
Astronomers Reveal the Milky Way Is Floating Inside an Enormous Dark Matter Structure Spanning Millions of Light Years
On clear nights, the band of the Milky Way stretches across the sky like a pale river of…