A million-solar-mass object detected at a cosmological distance using gravitational imaging
Observation The VLBI observation of JVAS B1938+666 used for this work was performed using a global VLBI array…
Event Horizon Telescope images reveal new dark matter detection method
Simulated images of the supermassive black hole M87*. Left panel shows radiation from astrophysical plasma and right panel…
Genes Have Harnessed Physics to Help Grow Living Things
“The hypothesis is that physics and mechanics can help us understand the biology at the tissue scale,” said…
Scientists Spot Two Black Holes Caught in a Deadly Orbital Dance for the First Time
When two black holes meet, they are drawn to one another by way of their enormous gravity, initiating…
Hot gaseous outflow detected in the galaxy NGC 5746
Merged three-color EPIC X-ray image of the four NGC 5746 observations. Red colors represents the soft X-ray band…
Isaac Newton’s Calculations Hint at a Terrifying Event Looming in the Near Future
Isaac Newton, the father of modern physics and mathematics, is often remembered for his groundbreaking contributions to science,…
Freely levitating rotor spins out ultraprecise sensors for classical and quantum physics
A photograph of a black graphite disk floating above a stack of three, round magnets. Credit: Adrian Skov…
Electrically tunable quantum interference of atomic spins on surfaces
Electric control of energy detuning The Ti atoms were deposited on the two-monolayer MgO film grown on Ag(001),…
Motion blur brings a counterintuitive advantage for high-resolution imaging – Physics World
Motion blur brings a counterintuitive advantage for high-resolution imaging – Physics World Skip to main content Discover more…
Ultrafast laser pulses reveal solid-state bandgaps in motion
Schematic of extreme-ultraviolet high-harmonic interferometry of solids.Two phase-locked near-infrared pulses generate high-order harmonics in a solid sample. Interference…
Hints of a boundary between phases of nuclear matter found at RHIC – Physics World
Hints of a boundary between phases of nuclear matter found at RHIC – Physics World Skip to main…
Nanoscale X-ray imaging reveals bulk altermagnetism in MnTe
Schematic of X-ray magnetic circular dichroic scanning transmission X-ray microscopy, with the experimental observation of altermagnetic domains and…