Oregon researchers discover ‘ideal glass’ — mathematically
Try bending a piece of glass, and it’ll likely shatter. But what if a different, stronger form of…
The physics of no return: What actually happens if you get pulled into a black hole
In 1916, only a year after Albert Einstein had published his general theory of relativity, Karl Schwarzschild used…
Death is not the end: What physics says about dying
A flame goes out, and something in the room shifts with it. Not because matter has vanished, but…
Quote of the day by physicist Albert Einstein: ‘It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken…’
Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist whose work reshaped modern science and transformed humanity’s understanding of space,…
This hidden state of water could explain why life exists
Researchers at Stockholm University have used advanced x-ray lasers to uncover a long-suspected feature of water: a critical…
Scientists create tornado of light to power lasers, quantum devices
Light usually travels in straight lines, but what if it could twist, spiral, and behave like a miniature…
two stars approaching each other like a cosmic clock
A century ago, Albert Einstein predicted that massive objects that orbit each other would send tiny ripples through…
Scientists just found a way to store massive data using light in 3 dimensions
Researchers have developed a new holographic data storage method that records and retrieves information in three dimensions by…
Why Most Quantum Computers Need to Be Colder Than Space
The large gold chandelier-like structure that has come to represent quantum computers in popular culture is actually just…
After 20 years, scientists finally explain the Crab Pulsar’s strange “zebra stripes”
For more than 20 years, astronomers have been puzzled by a striking pattern of bright, evenly spaced stripes…
A planet that tricks physics? Webb reveals the secret behind Saturn’s strange rotation
For decades, Saturn has been playing a strange trick on scientists. Depending on how they measure it, the…
Pulsars Rewrite the Rules – Universe Today
Imagine a lighthouse that doesn’t just send its beam from the top of the tower, but simultaneously fires…