Close-In Planets Act as “Bouncers” to Create Rogue Worlds
Rogue planets sound like rare travelers amongst the stars, freed from the gravitational constraints of a host system,…
Oxford physicists achieve first-ever “quadsqueezing” breakthrough in quantum physics
Researchers at the University of Oxford have demonstrated a new kind of quantum interaction using a single trapped…
For the first time, fusion reactions in a reactor were sustained for more than one minute
A new experiment using a tokamak-type reactor—that is, a toroidal chamber with a magnetic coil—has been successful. The…
MOF magnet with virtually no external magnetic field ideal for advanced electronics | Research
Scientists have created a metal–organic framework (MOF) that is strongly magnetic but generates no external magnetic field. The…
Transforming deep-space signals into cathedral sound | MIT News
A new immersive sound installation at Oulu Cathedral, Finland, brings the research of MIT astrophysicist and associate professor…
How to find Isaac Newton’s apple tree in DC
In today’s episode of “Matt About Town,” WTOP’s Matt Kaufax heads to D.C.’s Van Ness neighborhood to find…
Scientists Think Ghost Particles Could Be Storing Their Mass in a Hidden Dimension
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How Do Close Binary Stars Form?
Our Sun is a bit of an outlier in the general stellar population. We typically think of stars…
Dark Matter May Have Jump-Started Universe’s First Giant Black Holes
New research by astronomers from the University of California, Riverside, Sam Houston State University and the University of…
Scientists Complete Largest 3D Map of the Universe to Probe Dark Energy
A thin slice of the map produced by the DESI five-year survey shows galaxies and quasars above and…
A New “Quasi-1D” State of Matter Could Be Hiding Inside Ice Giant Planets
Despite outward appearances, the internal workings of ice giants like Uranus and Neptune are extremely chaotic. Pressures millions…
The weirdness of quantum contextuality is not a bug – it’s a feature – Physics World
The weirdness of quantum contextuality is not a bug – it’s a feature – Physics World Skip to…