Completed Plato spacecraft is ready for final tests
Engineers mount the sunshield and solar array module to the rest of ESA’s Plato spacecraft. Credit: European Space…
Discovery of binary stars the first step in creating ‘movie of the universe’
Credit: RubinObs/NOIRLab/SLAC/NSF/DOE/AURA/A. Pizarro D. A discovery of binary stars could be the first step in building a more…
Quantum fluctuations found hidden beneath classical optical signals in polaritons
Schematic experimental setup (not to scale) illustrating the linear spectroscopic observables—transmission, absorption, and reflection. Credit: Optica (2025). DOI:…
Individual electrons trapped and controlled above 1 K, easing cooling limits for quantum computing
(a) Schematic cross section of a microchannel filled with superfluid helium. (b) Schematic circuit diagram and false-color SEM…
Simulations unveil the electrodynamic nature of black hole mergers and other spacetime collisions
Spinning black hole with gravitational electric (top) and magnetic fields (bottom). Shown in color is the gravitational electric…
Tiny engine runs hotter than the sun to probe the frontiers of thermodynamics
The silica particle interacts with the electric field and the few air particles in the vacuum. Credit: Millen Lab/King’s…
Astronomers detect lowest mass dark object ever measured using gravitational lensing
Overlay of the infrared emission (black and white) with the radio emission (colour). Credit: Keck/EVN/GBT/VLBA Dark matter is…
Image of two black holes circling each other captured for the first time
Two black holes in orbit around each other in quasar OJ287. On the left is a theoretical diagram,…
World’s most sensitive table-top experiment sets new limits on very high-frequency gravitational waves
The Gravity Exploration Team was able to achieve record-breaking levels of sensitivity with the Quantum Enhanced Space-Time measurement…
Quantum dynamics on your laptop? New technique moves us closer
The evolution of a single spin under coherent driving and spontaneous decay. TWA (solid lines) shows strong agreement…
Magnetic ‘switchback’ detected near Earth for the first time
NASA’s Magnetospheric Multiscale mission, which consists of four spacecraft, is gathering information about magnetic reconnection around Earth. Credit:…
First device based on ‘optical thermodynamics’ can route light without switches
Credit: Yunxuan Wei at USC. A team of researchers at the Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer…