Three Supermassive Black Holes Found in a Galaxy From the Dawn of the Universe
An AI-generated visualization of a distant galaxy, containing, besides dust, gas, and young stars, three massive, active black…
Quantum Fluctuations Break a Crystal’s Symmetry Rules
Illuminating the crystal with light with a built-in sense of rotation (white beam) reveals regions where the star-of-David…
‘Super’ El Nino could doom the Amazon Rainforest
Drought. Fire. Mass illegal logging. Now, researchers warn another “Super” El Niño could doom the Amazon rainforest. “The…
Quantum entanglement generated using sunlight instead of lasers
Researchers at the University of Ottawa in Canada have demonstrated that quantum entanglement between photons does not require…
A Fiber Frozen at -196°C Unlocks a New Way To Store Light
Artist impression of a frozen optical fiber core in a glass capillary, which guides and couples light and…
A cosmic gateway near Earth may connect us to other distant worlds
The solar system sits inside a vast pocket of hot, thin gas. However, that nearby structure has never…
Astronomers Detect a Close Pair of Supermassive Black Holes for the First Time
The artistic rendering shows the center of the galaxy Markarian 501, from which two powerful jets emanate. The…
Scientists Just Found the Solar System’s Original “Planet Factory”
Just outside Jupiter’s orbit, a ring-shaped region of high gas pressure formed. In this “dust trap,” over several…
Strange “Worm Towers” Found in the Wild for the First Time May Be Hitchhiking on Beetles
The strawberry sap beetle (Stelidota geminata), one of two invasive beetle species found to serve as vectors for…
Scientists Uncover the Surprising Source of Strange Clouds Near the Milky Way’s Supermassive Black Hole
Astronomers have uncovered evidence that a massive binary star near the center of the Milky Way may be…
Ravens Don’t Follow Wolves, They Predict Them
Two ravens soar above a wolf pack in Yellowstone. This type of short-distance following is common, but prolonged…
NASA’s Webb Space Telescope Reveals a Dark Airless Super-Earth That Looks Like Mercury
A blazing exoplanet has been revealed as a dark, airless world with a surface unlike Earth’s. Instead of…