Astronomers may have found the first stars that formed after the Big Bang
Credit: Neale LaSalle from Pexels For years, astronomers have been on the hunt for the first generation of…
Lateral exchange bias for Néel-vector control in atomically thin antiferromagnets
Figure 1a-i shows a representative cross-section through our sample that consists of a CrSBr bilayer with adjacent flakes of…
Dark matter obeys gravity after all — could that rule out a 5th fundamental force in the universe?
Scientists have discovered that dark matter, the universe’s most mysterious “stuff,” obeys gravity on vast cosmological scales. This…
Unprecedented black hole flare spotted 10 billion light-years away
This artist’s concept depicts a supermassive black hole in the process of shredding a massive star—at least 30…
Radiocarbon analysis of turfgrasses can help cities measure greenhouse gas emissions
The sun sets over an expanse of greater Los Angeles that is occupied by one of the region’s…
New evidence suggests Einstein’s cosmic constant may be wrong
Dark energy, the mysterious force thought to drive the universe’s accelerating expansion, remains one of the deepest puzzles…
Even Dark Matter Can’t Catch a Break From Gravity, Study Suggests
There’s still a lot we don’t know about dark matter, or the “missing” mass supposedly constituting around 85%…
Young water recharges aquifers while old water feeds crops, study finds
Seasonal average ages of water stored in soil during the growing season at three sampling sites within the…
Plasma lens for focusing attosecond pulses
Bor, Z. Distortion of femtosecond laser pulses in lenses and lens systems. J. Mod. Opt. 35, 1907–1918 (1988).…
German Physicists Turn To A Surprising New Tool To Unlock The Mystery Of Dark Matter
Their experiment, part of the SWEET project, used sucrose crystals cooled to near absolute zero to try and…
Modeling Black Holes Is Easier With A Flicker Of Light
A few days ago, I wrote about non-singular black hole models, specifically one known as the Hayward model.…
Scientists Use Novel Materials That Mimic Wormholes and Multiple Realities to “Transcend the Limitations of Physical Dimensions”
In Erwin Schrödinger’s most famous thought experiment, a cat is seemingly able to be alive and dead simultaneously,…