Famous double-slit experiment holds up when stripped to its quantum essentials
Caption:Schematic of the MIT experiment: Two single atoms floating in a vacuum chamber are illuminated by a laser…
Rare intermediate-mass black hole caught devouring star in distant galaxy
A Hubble Space Telescope image of a pair of galaxies: NGC 6099 (lower left) and NGC 6098 (upper…
Hot, hot gold; mechanisms of face recognition; first pathway of gut-brain communication
Researchers at SLAC’s Matter in Extreme Conditions (MEC) instrument used a laser to superheat a sample of gold.…
Unusual plasma waves detected above Jupiter’s north pole may finally have explanation
Top: Amplitude of the electric field fluctuations during a Juno pass over the Jupiter’s north pole. The white…
LUX-ZEPLIN experiment sets more stringent constraints on cosmic ray-boosted dark matter
The LZ central detector in the clean room at Sanford Lab after assembly, before beginning its journey underground.…
Team confirms a fifth potentially habitable planet around L 98-59, a red dwarf 35 light-years away
This study exploits data from two ground-based telescopes: the Very Large Telescope (top left, credit: ESO/G. Hüdepohl) and…
How do water rings ‘bounce?’ New discovery answers decades-old question
A vortex ring of water traveling in a tank gets reflected off a water-air interface. Credit: John Zhuang…
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…
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…
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…
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…