Astronomers spot unusual magnetic field around a massive young protostar
This schematic shows circular polarization in radio waves coming from a massive young protostar surrounded by a disk…
New light behavior discovered in gypsum
Schematic representation of s-SNOM exciting and measuring phonon polaritons (top) and topological transition of shear phonon polaritons in…
Super-resolution femtosecond electron diffraction reveals electronic and nuclear dynamics at conical intersections
Bernardi, F., Olivucci, M. & Robb, M. A. Potential energy surface crossings in organic photochemistry. Chem. Soc. Rev.…
How to detect magnetic fields around exoplanets
Artist’s impression of a “hot jupiter” transiting its star. Credit: ESO/M. Kornmesser Magnetic fields play an important—if sometimes…
Super Set of Supernovae Suggests Dark Energy Surprise – Berkeley Lab News Center
Scientists reanalyzed the supernovae with a sophisticated statistical method (a “Bayesian Hierarchical Model”) that can better account for…
Mysterious Red Dots in Early Universe Could Be Seeds of Supermassive Stars : ScienceAlert
When the JWST began science observations in July 2022, it flung open a whole new window on the…
Optimized model offers more accurate performance predictions
Prototype NASA 1kW Kilopower nuclear reactor for use in space and on planetary surfaces. Credit: NASA Glenn Research…
Astronomers Identify an Object that Defies Astrophysics
A team of scientists led by the NSF’s Green Bank Observatory (NSF GBO) recently identified an incredibly rare…
A cosmic void may help resolve the Hubble tension – Physics World
A cosmic void may help resolve the Hubble tension – Physics World Skip to main content Discover more…
How NASA saved a camera from 370 million miles away
The north polar region of Jupiter’s volcanic moon Io was captured by the JunoCam imager aboard NASA’s Juno…
Quantum internet technology takes on Einstein and space-time
For more than a century, physicists have relied on two separate rulebooks to describe nature. Quantum mechanics excels…
First lab proof of Thomson effect marks major physics breakthrough
Researchers in Japan observed the transverse Thomson effect for the very first time, a thermoelectric phenomenon that allows…