Is the Universe Lopsided? New Study Challenges Cosmological Assumptions
For years, we’ve believed that the universe is a vast, uniform expanse, with the same properties stretching across…
This Glowing Bottle Holds Real Lightning, and Here’s How It Was Made
A YouTube creator has managed to turn a familiar idiom into a literal experiment. Using a particle accelerator,…
“Dark photon” theory, if correct, would completely upend physics
For centuries, most scientists have shared the belief that light behaves as both a wave and a particle.…
Chinese team tackles a century-old puzzle in physics: can we travel back in time?
Chinese researchers have proposed a simple yet powerful theory to explain one of physics’ oldest puzzles: why time…
These ‘impossible’ galaxies are breaking the Universe as we know it
When the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) launched on Christmas Day 2021, astronomers hoped it would revolutionise our…
Physicists found a way to make thermodynamics work in the quantum world
In 1798, officer and physicist Benjamin Thompson (a.k.a. Count Rumford) made a simple but powerful observation while watching…
Fusion Reactors Might Create Dark Matter Particles, Physicists Show : ScienceAlert
Reactors designed to produce energy from the fusion of atoms could have an unexpected scientific side benefit. An…
In What Could Be A First, A Gravitational Wave Event Appears To Have Been Gravitationally Lensed
In just a decade, gravitational wave observatories have changed astronomy. In this short time, we have accumulated hundreds…
How Does Stardust Spread Through Space? Turns Out, The Push Of Starlight Isn’t Enough
Winds from the red giant R Doradus are not powerful enough to spread the molecules that make up…
Super simulation shows that something changed in the universe
A new super simulation called FLAMINGO maps the universe from its first moments to today, and it intensifies…
Dear D-Wave Quantum Computing Fans, Mark Your Calendars for January 7
D-Wave (QBTS) shares rallied as much as 20% on Monday after the quantum computing company announced plans of…
Scientists bend magnetic fields around real-world objects to create ‘invisibility cloaks’
For nearly 20 years, physicists and engineers have chased the idea of invisibility. Early efforts focused on hiding…