Astronomers detect million-solar-mass object in distant universe
Astronomers have detected one of the darkest objects ever seen at a record cosmic distance—only with the assistance…
Two Black Holes Locked in a Death Spiral Imaged in Stunning First : ScienceAlert
The complex dance of two black holes locked in a doomed orbit has been revealed in a first-of-its-kind…
Deforming A Mirror For Adaptive Optics
As frustrating as having an atmosphere can be for physicists, it’s just as bad for astronomers, who have…
URochester physicist explains a Nobel Prize–winning discovery
Machiel Blok’s research in superconducting circuits builds on the same quantum effects recognized by the 2025 Nobel Prize…
US team achieves 99% fidelity in quantum communication breakthrough
In a significant step toward realizing the vision of quantum networks, a University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) research…
IceCube reports on its most comprehensive neutrino search
High above the ice at the South Pole, a detector the size of a city block listens for…
Imaging Dark Matter One Clump at a Time
Hunting for something completely invisible sounds impossible, yet astronomers do this regularly to probe the nature of dark…
Thermodynamic limits surpassed with quantum energy-harvesting method
Japanese researchers have unveiled a breakthrough in energy harvesting that could redefine efficiency limits. By exploiting quantum states…
The Universe May Collapse in a Reverse Big Bang — And Scientists Just Estimated When
Our universe might not expand forever. Based on evolving data about dark energy, physicists now propose a model…
Quantum simulations that once needed supercomputers now run on laptops
Picture diving deep into the quantum realm, where unimaginably small particles can exist and interact in more than…
Nobel physicist clears up Greek mix-up
A handout photo made available by the University of California at Santa Barbara shows John Martinis, the 2025…
‘Legendary HC Verma sir’: Woman’s midflight encounter with beloved physicist wins hearts
A woman recently experienced an unforgettable moment midflight when she discovered that the person seated nearby was none…