Scientists discover caves carved by water on Mars that may have once harbored life
Regional context and geospatial distribution of potential karstic skylight features in Hebrus Valles, Mars. Credit: The Astrophysical Journal…
Non-harmonic two-color femtosecond lasers achieve 1,000-fold enhancement of white-light output in water
Experimental demonstration that non-harmonic two-color femtosecond excitation produces a ~1,000× stronger supercontinuum in water compared to conventional single-color…
AI helps predict and understand viscous fingering
Viscous fingering during the displacement of a more viscous fluid (dark color) by a less viscous fluid (yellow…
Optimal scaling for magic state distillation in quantum computing achieved
Comparison of distillation protocols. The existing protocol exploits a distillation procedure using a fixed code to convert noisy…
Astronomers discover new pulsating ultraluminous X-ray source
Combined XMM-Newton EPIC image of NGC 4631 in the 0.3–10 keV band from the July 2025 observation. The…
First full simulation of 50-qubit universal quantum computer achieved
View between the racks of JUPITER. Credit: Forschungszentrum Jülich / Sascha Kreklau A research team at the Jülich…
Never mind rogue planets—their rogue moons could support life
An artist’s illustration of an Earth-mass rogue planet drifting through space. New research shows that rogue planets sent…
How to spot life in the clouds on other worlds
Artist concept of a cloudy Earth-like exoplanet with colorful biota in the clouds. Credit: Adam B. Langeveld/Carl Sagan…
Neanderthal DNA helps explain how faces form
Model of increased Neanderthal enhancer activity and the hypothesized impact on jaw development. Credit: Development (2025). DOI: 10.1242/dev.204779…
Euclid has eight extra years of fuel—a scientist has a brilliant plan to use it
Artist’s depiction of Euclid in space. Credit: ESA/C. Carreau It’s almost become expected that many space telescopes and…
New AI framework can uncover space physics equations in raw data
The overall PhyE2E framework. Top: the training dataset was augmented with a large-scale synthetic dataset generated by an…
Scientists observe a new form of temporal order
Artistic visualization of a “time rondeau crystal,” where driven 13 carbon nuclear spins in diamond display both order…