Something Just Passed Between Us and a Distant Star.
On the night of 18 December 2019, a star in our satellite galaxy, the Large Magellanic Cloud, briefly…
The Weirdness of Early Universe SMBHs Gets Even Weirder
Somewhere in the future, there’s a finish line in the marathon to understand supermassive black holes (SMBH). We…
“Little red dot” in early Universe is a naked supermassive black hole
These models placed the black hole’s mass at about 50 million times that of the Sun, which is…
Physicists believe that warp drive could exist in the next 100 years
Warp drive has long lived in science fiction, but physicists now treat it as a real, if deeply…
Incredible Discovery Changes Over 80 Years Of Thinking About Aerodynamics And Suggests Dramatic Aero Improvements
For modern car design, aerodynamics are important. Incredibly important, even. Why else would carmakers spend so much time…
The Universe’s Most Powerful Particles May Be Even Stranger Than Scientists Thought
Artist’s impression of an ultra-high-energy cosmic ray reaching Earth. New research suggests that some of the highest-energy cosmic…
Physicists finally agree on the true size of the proton
Physics textbooks gave the proton a radius. Independent labs around the world kept arriving at the same number,…
Ultraviolet-C to mid-infrared supercontinuum generation in periodically poled lithium tantalate waveguides
Principle concept and structural design Figure 1 schematically illustrates the proposed waveguide structure for achieving UV to MIR…
Quantum beats of exciton-polarons in CsPbI3 perovskite nanocrystals
Photon echo and long coherence of zero-phonon exciton The ensemble of CsPbI3 NCs is synthesized in a fluorophosphate…
Spacetime ‘Crystals’ Could Collapse Into Tiny Black Holes, Wild Paper Explains : ScienceAlert
Right on the brink of black hole formation, spacetime can get downright peculiar. This is where familiar physics…
Tiny droplets of primordial soup appear in oxygen collisions – Physics World
Tiny droplets of primordial soup appear in oxygen collisions – Physics World Skip to main content Discover more…
Scientists break 30-year superconductivity record at normal pressure
University of Houston researchers have achieved a major superconductivity breakthrough by setting a new temperature record for superconductors…