Scientists discover needle-shaped quantum clusters
When most people think of gold, they picture jewelry or treasure. However, at the atomic scale, gold behaves…
A Study Appears to Stunningly Contradict Newton and Einstein’s Theory of Gravity
Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity, an immensely important update…
45 years ago, Carl Sagan beautifully explained the fourth dimension with just an apple.
When Mats Janzon found Leya, she was just a tiny baby curled up alone in the grass near…
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…
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…
What is the Nucleus Size of 3I/ATLAS? | by Avi Loeb | Sep, 2025
Press enter or click to view image in full size(Credit: Wikimedia) The biggest unresolved question about the interstellar…
Could “positive geometry” unlock the theory of everything?
Sign up for the Starts With a Bang newsletter Travel the universe with Dr. Ethan Siegel as he…
These Strange Stars Could Reveal the True Nature of Dark Matter
A newly proposed type of stellar object, called a dark dwarf, may be hiding in the heart of…
Pressure induced superconductivity in hybrid Ruddlesden‒Popper La5Ni3O11 single crystals
Bednorz, J. G. & Müller, K. A. Possible high Tc superconductivity in the Ba–La–Cu–O system. Z. Phys. B:…
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…
German scientists debunk 200-year-old theory on why ice is slippery
Researchers in Germany have challenged a 200-year-old assumption and revealed that pressure and friction are not responsible for…