Ask Ethan: Where does cosmic dust come from?
Sign up for the Starts With a Bang newsletter Travel the universe with Dr. Ethan Siegel as he…
Mysterious ‘red dots’ in early universe may be ‘black hole star’ atmospheres
image: Artist’s impression of a black hole star (not to scale). Mysterious tiny pinpoints of light discovered at…
Scientists say there is a 90% chance of witnessing a black hole explosion in next 10 years
According to the theory by Stephen Hawking, black holes emit particles and radiation, which leads to them gradually…
Graphene just broke a fundamental law of physics
For several decades, a central puzzle in quantum physics has remained unsolved: Could electrons behave like a perfect,…
Physicists Made a Time Crystal We Can Actually See
Of all the eccentricities of the quantum realm, time crystals—atomic arrangements that repeat certain motions over time—might be…
The Loudest-Ever Gravitational Wave Collision Proves Stephen Hawking Was Correct
The LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA collaboration has decided to mark the 10th anniversary of the discovery of gravitational waves with a…
A Single, ‘Naked’ Black Hole Rewrites the History of the Universe
A black hole unlike any seen before has been spotted in the early universe. It’s huge and appears…
It’s quieter than emptiness — Big-Bang echoes point to a two-billion-light-year hollow
Do you know that the most universally agreed-upon theory about the creation of the cosmos itself remains the…
Exploding Primordial Black Holes Could ‘Rewrite the History of the Universe’
It’s been a fantastic week for Stephen Hawking’s black hole theories. Yesterday, LIGO confirmed the famed physicist’s prediction…
US team sees tiny spinning waves called magnons moving in magnets
A research team has achieved the first direct observation of magnon spin currents, a critical development for the…
Extending Spatial Light Modulation into the Ultraviolet
September 11, 2025• Physics 18, s113 An array of tiny spring-loaded mirrors creates intricate patterns of UV light…
Scientists Discover Early Universe Magnetic Fields Were 0.02 Nanogauss Using 250,000 Computer Simulations
IN A NUTSHELL 🧲 Scientists discovered that the early universe’s magnetic fields were as weak as those generated…