US’ new FIDDLE can capture split-second atomic changes under pressure
A specialized instrument called the flexible imaging diffraction diagnostic for laser experiments (FIDDLE) has been designed to capture…
The Amaterasu Particle May Not Be a Proton at All, New Research Suggests
In 2021, scientists detected a cosmic ray entering Earth’s atmosphere with as much kinetic energy as a fast-moving…
The Galaxy’s Spin Is Hiding in the Hum of Gravitational Waves
Picture the Milky Way not as a silent pinwheel of stars but as something that quietly sings. Scattered…
Black Holes Aren’t Real? Astronomers Propose Elusive Formation Mechanism for “Gravastar” Alternative That is “Easier to Accept”
Scientists from Goethe University, Frankfurt, studying alternatives to black holes have suggested a mathematically viable formation mechanism for…
How Many Elementary Particles Are There, Really?
Every time I write about particle physics, I encounter a moment of uncertainty about a quantity that, at…
Strange ‘little red dots’ may be growing supermassive black holes
Little red dots have puzzled astronomers ever since NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope discovered them in 2022. These…
Success! Physicists Build The World’s First Clocks Powered by Atomic Nuclei : ScienceAlert
A breakthrough in chronometry decades in the making could redefine the limits of how we keep time. Using…
The Little Red Dots That Turned Out to Be Black Holes in Disguise
Sometimes the universe hands astronomers a single object so perfect that it cracks open a mystery that has…
Ask me anything: Mary Bishai – ‘For a self-professed nerd like me, doing big science is heaven’ – Physics World
Ask me anything: Mary Bishai – ‘For a self-professed nerd like me, doing big science is heaven’ –…
We have 4 fundamental forces of nature. ‘Quantum gravity’ could help lead us to a mysterious 5th
For decades, scientists have searched for a fifth fundamental force of nature that can explain mysterious aspects of…
Can black holes send information back in time?
If something is allowed by the laws of physics, then scientists can assume that it probably exists. Under…
Oxford physicists just made Schrödinger’s cat even stranger
Researchers at the University of Oxford have created a new type of quantum superposition, a phenomenon often associated…