An Astrophysicist Wants To Send A Probe Straight Into A Black Hole
Black holes are among the most enigmatic and mysterious objects in the Universe, and our understanding of them…
Using Quantum Physics, Researcher Have Succeeded to “Reverse Time” With Astonishing Precision
Researchers from the Austrian Academy of Sciences and the University of Vienna have demonstrated a precise method for…
This Homemade “Desktop AI” Has Discovered New Laws of Physics, Overturning Decades of Plasma Science
In a peer-reviewed study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), physicists at Emory University…
You’ll Never Believe What Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella Said About Quantum Computing
Quantum computing could be the next great step for computing power. Currently, graphics processing units (GPUs), such as…
The physics behind Eiffel Tower’s growing height in summer
Paris’s most famous monument is never exactly the same height twice. Conceived in 1884 as the Tour de…
Chemistry, not just geometry, triggers unusual electron behavior in new quantum material
Atomic orbitals (red & blue), which determine how far electrons can move around their originating atom in a…
ALMA observations reveal dual fragmentation modes in high-mass star-forming cloud
Left: Morphological structure of the HFS in target region I18308, showing core spacing distribution. The HFS molecular cloud…
The US just got a new X-ray laser toolkit to study nature’s mysteries
Georgi Dakovski, SLAC lead scientist and qRIXS instrument lead, stands beside the qRIXS instrument. SLAC researchers have introduced…
Scientists Directly Measure ‘Impossible’ Zero-Point Motion That Cannot be Explained Classically
Scientists at Goethe University, Frankfurt, have directly measured the zero-point motion of atoms within molecules prepared in their…
Organic molecule achieves both strong light emission and absorption for displays and imaging
This image depicts the structure of the proposed organic molecule, alongside the energy level diagrams of two-photon absorption…
A 36 Billion Solar Mass Black Hole Detected Thanks To Gravitational Lensing
In 1964, astronomers discovered the first black hole. It’s called Cygnus X-1 and the evidence for its existence…
Spacetime is an idea, not a reality
Physicists often describe spacetime as a container in which the universe unfolds, but this metaphor is misleading and…