Scientists may finally know why the first stars in the universe left no trace
The first stars in the universe may have been much smaller than we thought, new research hints —…
Quantum “Schrödinger’s Cat” Survives For Mind-Blowing 23 Minutes In Record-Breaking Experiment
States in quantum superposition are notoriously fragile, but researchers in China have reported creating such a state that…
Anatoli Bugorski: The Man Who Put His Head In A Particle Accelerator And Survived
There’s nothing particle physicists like more than crashing particles together and seeing what comes out of the mess.…
This Homemade “Desktop AI” Has Discovered New Laws of Physics, Overturning Decades of Plasma Science
In a peer-reviewed study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), physicists at Emory University…
3D image reveals atomic dance moments before molecule explosion
Atoms never stay still. Even in their lowest energy state, they vibrate due to quantum effects. Now, for…
Japan launches fully domestically produced quantum computer
image: Parts of the fully Japan-made quantum computer view more Credit: QIQB, The University of Osaka Osaka, Japan…
Electron Sensing on Picosecond Timescales
August 7, 2025• Physics 18, s98 An electron on a ballistic trajectory can be detected with trillionth-of-a-second timing…
The Universe’s First Stars Unveiled in Turbulent Simulations
Understanding the early Universe is a foundational goal in space science. We’re driven to understand Nature and how…
A Mission To Visit A Black Hole Could Be Done In A Human Lifetime, Astrophysicist Says
Alas, we do not live in Star Trek; the speed of light, as far as we can tell,…
Kinetic turbulence drives MHD equilibrium change via 3D reconnection
The 3D helical flux ropes in VEST Two essential magnetic field components, the poloidal and toroidal fields, are…
Fast optical control of a coherent hole spin in a microcavity
DiVincenzo, D. P. The physical implementation of quantum computation. Fortschr. Phys. 48, 771–783 (2000). Google Scholar Kimble, H.…
A ‘mysterious giant’ behind binary black holes? Astronomers uncover first evidence of a third compact object
Gravitational wave events released by the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA collaboration. Credit: SHAO The binary black holes in the universe are…