String Theory Can Now Describe a Universe That Has Dark Energy
In selecting a geometry for the compact extra dimensions, for instance, they chose a space that resembles a…
Spiral Galaxy Caught Spraying Huge Jets of Super-Hot Gas Like a Sprinkler : ScienceAlert
A nearby galaxy has been caught draining itself of star-forming fuel, with vast streams of superheated material twisting…
Aliens might not have the same physics as us
If we ever meet aliens, would their physics be the same as ours? While this might seem like…
Pushing China’s EAST Tokamak Past The Greenwald Density Limit
Getting a significant energy return from tokamak-based nuclear fusion reactors depends for a large part on plasma density,…
An Object With a Black Hole Core Discovered 11 Billion Light-Years Away
A completely dark, invisible object weighing 1 million times the mass of the Sun has been detected through…
Supermassive black holes don’t seem to make sense. But the mystery may be solved, and the answer is catastrophic
The question of how black holes grow should be an easy one to answer: they absorb material from…
The Hidden Lives of the Universe’s Ultramassive Galaxies
The universe’s most massive galaxies present astronomers with a puzzle. Each containing more than 100 billion stars, making…
Supersonic shock tests reveal that metals weaken under extreme speeds
US scientists have debunked a 70-year-old physics law that has long guided how engineers make metals stronger, after…
Teleportation Reaches a Major Milestone Thanks to an Unexpected Discovery with Huge Consequences
An unlikely accomplice just pushed quantum teleportation past a milestone, as teams in Turku and Hefei upend a…
China Cracks the Code on a Fusion Limit Scientists Failed to Beat for Decades
The breakthrough, reported in the journal Science Advances on January 1, comes from a team at the Chinese…
Negative Energy ‘Ghosts’ Flashing in Space Could Reveal New Physics : ScienceAlert
A ‘boom’ of light that appears when a particle exceeds the speed of light set by a medium…
The ultra-cold temperatures needed for epic nuclear science
“[We] want to be one of the technology leaders with this heat exchanger so we started developing it…