Pixelized galaxy cluster strong lens modeling improves precision of Hubble constant measurement
A strongly lensed supernova: SN Encore in galaxy cluster MACS J0138.0-2155. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Justin Pierel,…
Physicists Decode Particle Dance That ‘Kills’ Electrical Conductivity
When things don’t make sense in the quantum realm, scientists don’t always get to find a good explanation…
Greatest Spectroscope Ever Built Can Tell What 2,400 Cosmic Objects Are Made of Every 20 Mins.
ESO’s 4MOST instrument – Credit, AIPA / Saviauk The world’s largest spectroscopic telescope has just recorded the first…
Reality Is Too Complex For Any Cosmic Computer Simulation, Study Suggests
How do we know we’re not living in a computer simulation? Is it even possible to tell? For…
Physicist discusses the Higgs boson and whether it might change the fate of the universe
The CMS detector is one of the two large-scale experiments happening at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) headquartered…
Observation of the nonlinear chiral thermoelectric Hall effect in tellurium
Zhang, Y. J. et al. Enhanced intrinsic photovoltaic effect in tungsten disulfide nanotubes. Nature 570, 349–353 (2019). Article …
Elusive polaron ‘dance’ discovery solves decades-old quantum mystery
An international team of researchers has solved a long-standing puzzle in quantum physics by discovering an elusive quasiparticle,…
Our Universe Was Twice as Hot 7 Billion Years Ago, Study Reveals : ScienceAlert
When you open your fridge, you expect it to be cooler than your kitchen. Similarly, when astronomers look…
Chinese Report Neutral-Atom Quantum Computer Enters Commercial Use
Insider Brief China’s first atomic quantum computer, “Hanyuan No. 1,” has entered commercial use with more than 40…
The Empty Search for Dark Matter
What if I told you that while you can’t see dark matter, maybe you can hear it? I…
Physicists Create a Thermometer for Measuring ‘Quantumness’
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. If there’s one law of physics that seems…
Gravitational Lensing of 3I/ATLAS by the Sun | by Avi Loeb | Nov, 2025
The latest post-perihelion image of 3I/ATLAS, taken by the Lowell Discovery Telescope on October 31, 2025. The sunward…