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JWST interferometric imaging reveals the dusty torus obscuring the supermassive black hole of Circinus galaxy

January 15, 2026

Observations Circinus was observed (ID: 4611; PI: Lopez-Rodriguez, E.) on 20240715 and 20250427 using the Aperture Masking Interferometry…

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Impact of electronic correlations on the superconductivity of high-pressure CeH9

January 15, 2026

Ashcroft, N. W. Metallic hydrogen: A high-temperature superconductor? Phys. Rev. Lett. 21, 1748–1749 (1968). Article CAS Google Scholar …

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Aliens might not have the same physics as us

January 15, 2026

If we ever meet aliens, would their physics be the same as ours? While this might seem like…

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Pablo's Galaxy (Credit : JADES Collaboration)

January 15, 2026

Galaxies don’t always die dramatically. Sometimes they fade away, slowly strangled by the very black holes at their…

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This montage shows three views of the distant group of interacting and merging galaxies called SPT2349-56 (Credit : ESO/ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/Miller et al)

January 15, 2026

Galaxy clusters aren’t supposed to be scorching hot when they’re young. Like infants, they should need time to…

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Galaxy UGC 5460 in Ursa Major was host to the supernova SN 2022esa (Credit : ESA/Hubble & NASA)

January 15, 2026

When stars at least thirty times the mass of our Sun reach the end of their lives, astronomers…

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Emergent topological semimetal from quantum criticality

January 15, 2026

Fundamental experimental1,2,3,4 and theoretical5,6,7,8 discoveries have led to the development of the flourishing field of topological quantum matter9,10,11,12,13.…

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January 14, 2026

According to three Dutch researchers, the cosmos could fade away in roughly 10⁷⁸ years — a shockingly short…

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An electrically injected solid-state surface acoustic wave phonon laser

January 14, 2026

Morgan, D. Surface Acoustic Wave Filters: With Applications to Electronic Communications and Signal Processing (Academic Press, 2010). Hashimoto,…

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Black hole plunge region seen for the first time. Credit: Daniel Megias / iStock / Getty Images Plus

January 14, 2026

Astronomers have broken two records at once by spotting the largest and the most distant flare ever seen,…

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Trapping of single atoms in metasurface optical tweezer arrays

January 14, 2026

Kaufman, A. M. & Ni, K.-K. Quantum science with optical tweezer arrays of ultracold atoms and molecules. Nat.…

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Little red dots as young supermassive black holes in dense ionized cocoons

January 14, 2026

Greene, J. E. et al. UNCOVER spectroscopy confirms the surprising ubiquity of active galactic nuclei in red sources…

Impact of electronic correlations on the superconductivity of high-pressure CeH9

Aliens might not have the same physics as us

How Black Holes Slowly Starve Galaxies

The Surprising Heat of Early Clusters

A Supernova That Shouldn’t Exist

Emergent topological semimetal from quantum criticality

New study suggests the end of the world could come sooner than expected

Flare as bright as 10 trillion Suns caused by supermassive black hole consuming an enormous star